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I'm Washington that later Israel
will get some 'payoff" for hel
'felnt" at the Suez canal. A
logical recompense, it is rea-
soned, would be the Jordan
bulge, which reaches into Jeru-
salem at one point.
With Jordan now considered
to be in an extremely weak posi-
ton politically and militarily
the eventual dismemberment OF
that Arab state is now foreseen
Iraq, one of the closer British
friends in the Arab world, prob
ably would be the other principal
beneficiary.
Britain and France appear to
be gambling everything on a
quick settlement with Egyptian
President Canal Abdel Nasser.
providing them with some kind
of face-Saving share in control of
Suez canal operations.
The United States, however,
does not think Britain and
France can pull it off. In the
expected Arab uprising from the
Atlantic to the Persian gulf, II
is feared that Britain and France
will suffer not only economic but
military disaster as well.
Arabs Better Organized
State Department officials re-
call that Britain pulled out of
the Suez area in 1854 because
she could not, with 10000 to co.
600 troops on the scene, protect
the canal from Egyptian sabot-
age squads.
Now the Arabs are said to be
better organized, and could be
expected to coordinate their
sabotage all over the Middle
East.
If most Of Europe's oil from
the Middle East is cut of, the
government recently concluded
that the United States could
save her principal NATO allies
from disaster only by rationing
gasoline in this country.
Congress could hardly be ex-
pected to sanction such sacri.
fees by the American people
after yesterdays abrupt rebuff
to the United States counsels of
moderation in Egypt.
Washington officialdom expects
that this weeks pivotal events
may lead to a basic realignment
among the worlds powers, in.
side the United Nations and
out.
Whereas the United States
had previously tried to support
Britain and France as a loyal
ally in the slow process of dis
engagement from their old CO.
lonial empires, it now appeared
that Washington would have
difficulty in continuing that
policy.
Major Assembly Issue
1t is expected that the SuezI
occupation by British and
French troops will become a
major issue before the United
Nations General Assembly when
it convenes in its 18th annual
session on November IL. At that
time, the United States probably
will find itself much more i
closely aligned with the Afro
Asian powers than Britain and
France, 1t is said.
officials here became conscious
last week Of blackout Of diplo-
matic contact with Britain and
France. Attempts by American
Ambassadors in London and
Paris to re-establish close fela-
tons met with no success.
Meanwhile the British French
liaison with Israel officials openly
improved.
The administration made an
emphatic public point Of its in
.dignation that it learned Of
British-French plans to enter
Egypt from news reports, rather
than through official channels.
In London today, however. a
Foreign Office spokesman said
that the American Ambassador
had been informed Of the con-
tents Of Prime Minister Eden's
speech before it was delivered.
II was conceded, however. that
there may not have been enough
time to inform President Eisen-
hover.
The ultimatum which Britain
and France dispatched to Egypt
is viewed here as one Of the
most brutal in modern diplom-
acy. Its wording is understood
70 have been along these lines:
The Governments Of the
United Kingdom and France have
taken note Of the outbreak Of
hostilities between Israel and
Egypt. This event threatens TO
disrupt the freedom Of navigation