MIDDLE EAST: Weights & Measures

On short notice, and unshaven on his arrival, U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold last week dropped in on Israel for what he insisted was a "personal visit." Since the Secretary-General had made a tour of the Middle East less than three months ago, and was not expected to return again until October, something was obviously up. For eight hours he talked with testy Premier David Ben-Gurion. Hammarskjold wanted reassurances that B-G was not about to break the peace. The U.N. mediator had been concerned by B-G's recent threat to U.N. Truce Supervisor Major...

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