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...inevitable power-positioning that followed Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and from Sharm el Sheikh on the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt's Dictator Nasser last week moved fast to send in one of his generals to administer Gaza's civil affairs. United Nations Representative Ralph Bunche infuriated Israel by announcing, after a 90-minute conference with President Nasser, that the U.N. would "cooperate" with the Egyptian administration...
Nasser also hurried reconnaissance troops to a base just 40 miles southwest of the Gaza Strip while the Cairo radio shrilled that Saudi Arabia would prevent Israeli shipping from passing through the Gulf of Aqaba. If true (and at week's end the Saudis had neither confirmed nor denied), this was a double challenge to the U.S. because it 1) considers Saudi Arabia's King Saud a force for stability and order in the Mideast, and 2) has pledged itself to the principle of free and innocent passage in the Gulf of Aqaba...
...Hammarskjold's recent negotiations with President Nasser have brought hope that Egypt will accept its obligation under the implied settlements which brought about the final Israeli troop withdrawals. The Egyptian government is now recommencing administration in the Gaza Strip, while the United Nations Emergency Force continues to patrol the border. Israeli ships have moved through the Aqaba Gulf and the Suez Canal soon may be reopened. Though peace-time operations seem about to be started the whole situation presents a complex of diplomatic problems whose particular solutions are interrelated and thus must be solved together...
...fedayeen raids and frequent Israeli reprisals show that the United Nations Emergency Force must be maintained along the Gaza Strip until it is clear that sufficient stability has returned to the area. Egypt has rather arbitrarily reinstated her civil administration in Gaza to the understandable consternation of Israel. However, they seem to have conceded the move. Israel would protest and perhaps reopen hostilities if Egyptian armed forces entered Gaza. With the UNEF patrolling the strip, Hammarskjold should make it clear that there is no reason for the Egyptian military forces to return to the area...
...referring to recent Egyptian riots over the administration of Gaza, Crum expressed his belief that "Nasser is trying his luck farther than I think it will...