446. Editorial Note
On July 12, at the 290th meeting of the National Security Council, which began at 9 a.m. with Vice President Nixon presiding, Allen Dulles, in his review of developments affecting United States security, analyzed the current situation in the Middle East. The memorandum of discussion reads as follows:
“Mr. Dulles pointed out that tension in the Middle East had increased considerably in the last two or three weeks, in part because of the alarm that General Burns had created in the minds of the governing group in Jordan. Moreover, the Arab governments were worried about the change in the Israeli government and the departure of Sharett, whom they considered a comparative moderate. Mr. Dulles predicted that this tension would continue to increase, but was not likely as yet to result in the outbreak of general hostilities.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)