The imminence of a call for an urgent session of the Security Council, strongly supported by the United States, to deal immediately with the crisis in the Middle East caused by Egypt President Nasser’s closing of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, was announced here late in the evening.
A spokesman for Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, chief U.S. delegate here, said: “A request for an urgent meeting of the Security Council strongly supported by the United States, is imminent.” The spokesman would not reveal the name of the United Nations member who would sponsor the call for a Council session.
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