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This was reported by informed diplomats as Hammarskjold met Egyptian President Nasser tonight to explore the tangle of Middle East issues. They include such varied problems as the Gaza Strip, Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba that have become snarled in the same ball of twine...
Before they met, Hammarskjold talked with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi for three hours...
...United States reserved judgment, but said it expects "a satisfactory interim arrangement will be arrived at" during Hammarskjold's talks with top Egyptians...
CAIRO, March 20--Dag Hammarskjold, due in Cairo tomorrow on a new peace mission, probably will try to persuade both Egypt and Israel to proclaim nonbelligerency...
There were no inhabitants along the treeless gulf shore to cheer the Israeli pullout, but Gaza's 300,000 Arabs (220,000 of them Palestinian refugees on U.N. relief) more than made up for it. In Rafah crowds danced all day, shouting "Good Hammarskjold, good Abdel Nasser." After U.N.forces freed 120 political prisoners from Gaza's jail, thousands of Arabs paraded carrying such slogans as: "Welcome as guests but not rulers," and "We do not accept any rule except Egypt's." But the UNEF's taciturn commander, Canada's Major General E.L.M. Burns, ordered...