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...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...
...through the Secretary-General, must continue to work patiently to reconcile both sides. The UN has an obligation to provide guarantees for Israel's security as well as for Egypt's and the United States should see that Hammarskjold in his eagerness to find a solution does not neglect these foundations for a lasting peace in the area...
...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...
...other side, Israel should remove troops from the demilitarized zone of El Auja which it occupied in the fall of 1955. Although Israel has expressed unwillingness to vacate this triangular piece of land in the Negeb, this action violates the 1949 armistice and Hammarskjold will not ask further Egyptian concessions until Israel observes this agreement...
...connection between the little triangle in the Negeb, the so-called El Auja demilitarized zone, and Israel's rights in the Suez Canal, is highly important to the legal-minded Hammarskjold, the informants said...