Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Under Secretary of the United Nations, denied today that he had agreed in yesterday’s conference with Egyptian President Nasser in Cairo to cooperate with the Cairo Government or to “welcome” its appointment of an administrative Governor for Gaza.
Dr. Bunche’s statement, made in Cairo this morning before he left for the Gaza Strip, was released here by the United Nations. After citing published reports attributing to him agreement with Egypt on the Gaza Administration, the statement declared:
“Dr. Bunche wishes it known in order that the record may be straight that he has made or authorized to be made none of the comments attributed to him other than to say that as a member of the United Nations Secretariat he has no authority to comment one way or another on the action of any member state nor would it be proper for him to do so.”
Egypt was urged Wednesday by the Colombian delegate to the United Nations to postpone an, plans to take over administration of the Gaza Strip. Dr Francisco Urrutia, the Colombian representative on both the UN Security Council and the Secretary Generals Advisory Committee on the Middle East, made the appeal in a message cabled to Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian Foreign Minister. Dr. Urrutia expressed the hope that Egypt would not take any “precipitate action” which might require immediate consideration by the Security Council or the General Assembly.
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