The French today endorsed President Eisenhower’s pledge to oppose aggression in the Middle East. A Foreign Office spokesman called the President’s statement “extremely favorable” and said it was in line with the French position in the Middle East. He reiterated that French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau plans on-the-spot consultations with government heads in Israel, Syria, and Lebanon in an effort to case the tension. Pineau’s trip, however, has been postponed during the current peace mission by UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.
Meanwhile, authorized source here indicated this afternoon that Foreign Minister Pineau was following the Middle Eastern situation closely. He was said to have ordered the French envoys in both Cairo and Tel Aviv to call to the attention of the two governments concerned the serious preoccupation which the situation on their borders was causing the French Government. The governments of Israel and Egypt are being asked by France to assist the efforts of the United Nations.
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