MID-EAST TENSIONS

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29139, 26 February 1960, Page 15

MID-EAST TENSIONS

No Move By U.N. Planned <N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) NEW YORK. February 25. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Dag Hammarskjold, still is disturbed by developments in the Middle East, but is prepared to continue his efforts through “quiet diplomacy” to find solutions, according to authoritative sources last night. The informants said that Mr Hammarskjold went over the situation anew at this time. The at an informal meeting of members of the Security Council over lunch yesterday. The consensus of the delegates during the lunch-table discussion, it was stated, was that it might do more harm than good if the council took up the Middle East stuation anew at this time. The feeling was that the council was not ready to take the problem "off Mr Hammarskjold’s lap” unless some major development made it necessary for urgent action. At his press conference a week ago, Mr Hammarskjold said there was “definitely a situation (in the Middle East) with symptoms which indicate a deterioration.” He also indicated that he would welcome it if the council or the General Assembly looked into the problem. He said he felt there was a tendency in some quarters “to expect ' from the SecretaryGeneral action which rightly belongs to the Security Council.”