U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie indicated today that United Nations authoritios in Palestine were nearing a solution of the recent Lebanese plane incident on Israel’s northern border.
Replying to a question at his weekly news conference, Mr. Lie reported that the U.N.’s mixed armistice commission, in dealing with the incident, had been in contact with both the Lebanese and Israel Governments. “I think they are very close to reaching a satisfactory solution,” he added. He said, however, that U.N. headquarters had still not received a report on the details of the incident, in which an Israel fighter plane intercepted the flight of a Lebanese transport charged by Israel with having crossed the Jewish state’s border.
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