U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, informed the General Assembly here today that it is possible, “without taking undue risks,” to reduce the United Nations Emergency Force from its present strength of 5,102 officers and men by about 500 fewer men. The reduction, he stated, would save about $1,712,500 annually. The Assembly’s financial and budgetary committee, now considering the UNEF budget of approximately $20,000,000, is expected to approve the reduction.
UNEF stands on guard along the Gaza Strip, facing the Israeli frontier, and at Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egyptian territory, overlooking the Gulf of Akaba. In the latter position, it protects the freedom of Israeli shipping to and from Israel’s southernmost port of Eilat.
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