Navy Visit Postponed
(N ZJ>Ji -Reuter— CopyrsgM) WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 A visit by the American Sixth Fleet to Beirut next Tuesday has been postponed, a Navy spokesman said tonight The postponement was at the request of the State Department “in view of the international situation"
"It is quite clear that the situation which has arisen in Syria was a factor in this decision," he said. The fleet was expected to visit Beirut at some later stage, but a new date had not yet been fixed. American officials said i* was felt in the Department that a visit by the fleet to Lebanon so soon after the •hree-day-old Syrian rebellion might be misconstrued by world puolic opinion as an apparent form of United States pressure.
Johnson For Earope^-The White House has announced that Vice-President Johnson will go to Paris to confer with high United States officials on plana to cope with East-West emergencies in Europe. Washington, September 30.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19611002.2.99
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume C, Issue 29633, 2 October 1961, Page 11
Word Count
157Navy Visit Postponed Press, Volume C, Issue 29633, 2 October 1961, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in