• Short Summary

    Secretary of State William Rogers said in Washington on Friday (12 March) that one of the best ways to provide security in the Middle East would be the creation of a United Nations peace-keeping force for areas like the Sinai.

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    Secretary of State William Rogers said in Washington on Friday (12 March) that one of the best ways to provide security in the Middle East would be the creation of a United Nations peace-keeping force for areas like the Sinai. Desert. Arrangements for the force should provide that it could not be withdrawn arbitrarily - an apparent reference to Israeli fears of a repetition of the pull-out of the previous U.N. Middle East force just before the start of the Six-Day War in 1967.

    Senator William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, commented on the Soviet Union's willingness to participate in such a peace-keeping operation.

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    Film ID:
    VLVADZ9GGZDGYT53IDZ4PA6LYVTP7
    Media URN:
    VLVADZ9GGZDGYT53IDZ4PA6LYVTP7
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    13/03/1971
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:43:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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