A proposal that a special Security Council subcommission be formed–with Israel and Jordan as members and under the possible chairmanship of United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold–to consider relations between the two states, was discussed by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at their meeting here yesterday morning, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today.
The two statesmen had a number of proposals before them on handling Israel-Jordan relations, which they saw as the key to pacification of the Middle East. However, the Security Council subcommission idea found greatest favor in the eyes of the Western diplomats because the establishment of such a unit would be a procedural matter and therefore not subject to veto in the Security Council by the Soviet Union.
The British were pictured as optimistic about their chances of getting Jordan to participate in such a conference, despite its refusal to come to a meeting called by the UN Secretary General under the terms of Article XII of the Israel-Jordan armistice agreement.
In addition, it was learned, the governments of the United States and Britain are to impress upon Israel and the Arab states that border incidents must cease. It is believed likely that Sec. Dulles and Eden discussed penalties to be imposed on those states which refuse to cooperate in ending the border warfare. However, an official spokesman refused to comment on this aspect of the talks.
Other specific proposals for stabilizing the Israel border situation were also discussed and will be pursued further in diplomatic talks. It was stressed yesterday when the talks between the two Secretaries were announced that British Middle East experts had been called into the meeting.
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