The French Ambassador in Britain, J. Chauvel, and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd were in consultation yesterday on the Syrian-Egyptian federation, the Times of London reported today. It described the Anglo-French attitude toward the new “United Arab Republic” as a “wait and see” policy–a description which has been applied to policy in the major capitals of the Western world and at the United Nations.
The union between the two Arab states is “bound to increase anxieties in Israel.” the Times diplomatic correspondent wrote. The French would like to see an arms embargo clamped down in the Middle East, he added, but are aware of the difficulties involved in controlling the use of arms supplied to the Bagdad Pact powers.
The Times writer, who expressed the belief that an arms embargo would be helpful in dealing with the Israel-Arab problem, added: “Many of those who have negotiated in the Middle East in the past would say that when the Great Powers agreed on the need for an armistice or settlement, the problem of negotiation between the Middle East countries themselves would become much simpler.”
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