Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03

today he has obtained new unc
from Israel and her four Al
Syria and Jordan.
He told the Council in a
in the uneasy Middle East stu
alton is to re-establish full COM
pliance with other sections of the
general armistice agreements OF
1949, which ended the Palestine
fighting.
There are indications he may
return in June to work for such
compliance and put the cease
fire agreements on a more solid
basis.
The secretary general thus
completed the first part of the
assignment given to him by the
Security Council April 4. He
fled his report to the Council
president, Ambassador JoZa
BrileJ of Yugoslavia, from Jeru-
salem, where he engaged in last
minute talks with Israeli off,
Gals.
Due Back Soon
He will go next to Cairo for
a brief conversation with Egyp-
tan officials and then fly to
Rome. He is expected at the
U. N. this week end to write his
final report, to be given the
Council next week.
The secretary generals report
contained mostly background
and a report of his efforts to
stop the fighting and border in
cidents. He made no recommen-
dations. He is expected to in
clude some in his next report.
Mr.. Hammarskjold recalled
that he had reported earlier as
surances of Egypt and Israel not
to engage in hostilities except in
lf-defense. He then said he
had concluded with positive re-
suit" the negotiations with the
parties to the other three armis-
tice agreements, Syria, Lebanon
and Jordan.
Followed Resolution
"In carrying out my mandate"
Mr.. Hammarskjold reported. 81
have stayed strictly within the
scope set by the Security Coun-
Gil resolution. (The resolution
requested Mr.. Hammarskjold to
survey the various aspects of en-
forcement and compliance with
the armistice agreements be-
tween Israel and the four Arab
stateS.)
ct have considered it appro-
pirate to give the aim of the
resolution and Interpretation &C
cording to which l should not
merely survey and report on the
state of compliance which ca
listed at the time of my arrival
in the region. but also try to
get the parties to re-establish
compliance to the greatest ex-
tent possible"
Mr.. Hammarskjold said that he
considered the resolution a man.
date to negotiate for re-estab-
lishment of compliance with the
agreements.
IT have considered the basic
clauses of the general armistice
agreements to be those which
established general cease-f1re, F"
Mr.. Hammarskjold said.
Assurances Received
"It has, to me, been obvious
that no measures for establish
ing full compliance with pro-
cedural or substantive clauses of
the general armistice agreements
would be fruitful and lasting I'M
less firmly anchored in a re-
affirmation of the duty of all
parties concerned to observe a
cease-f1re.
"You have already circulated
documents indicating that. at
an early stage, I received such
assurances from the governments
q Egypt and Israel. These re-
ciprocal assurances served to re-
lieve the threatening situation in
the GAIA area where conditions
have since considerably improved
as a result of strict orders issued
by the two governments. I have
already informed you that I re-
ceived notification that such Or
ders were in force as Of 6 pm.
April IS. 1856, and from that
time on.
Negotiations for similar re-
ciprocal assurances uncondition-
ally to observe a cease-flre with
a reservation as to self-defense
have been conducted with the
parties to the other three armis-
tice agreements. The negotia-
tons have in all cases been con-
cluded with positive result"