The 29-nation Asian-African conference at Bandung, Indonesia, may have turned into a boon for Israel instead of a defeat in absentia, it was indicated here today. Reports reaching here, chiefly from Arab sources, indicate that the Arab League-sponsored resolution at Bandung, which on the surface placed the Asian and African countries in the Arab League corner, may have opened the door for possible mediation of the Israel Arab conflict.
It is understood here that not only India and Burma are now interested in Israel-Arab mediation out also Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand and perhaps Indonesia. In connection with these reports it is pointed out as significant a foreign broadcast by the Radio Teheran on April 21, while the Arab League was presumably scoring a triumph with its anti-Israel campaign at Bandung had hinted the mediation would be in order.
The broadcast implied that nei### the Western Powers nor the United Nations have thus far succeeded in effective act### to settle Israel-Arab disputes and appealed to both Jews and Arabs to “show good faith” in efforts to arrive at a settlement. The Iran radio seemed to refer to Iran as “neutral” as between Israel and the Arab states. “A good many neutral observers are of the opinion that in order to end Arab Jewish disputes and forestall disturbances in the Middle East these differences require a quick solution,” the broadcast declared
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