WEATHER WATER Cloudy Charlie :9a.m.ighTieA.& LowTii 0$ .~f 10:34 4:35 p.m. U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 Wednesday Date May 31, 1967 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Arab Solidarity Nasser And Hussein been in uN UNITED NATIONS(AP)(By Milton Besser) ARAB SPEAKERS LINED up solidlyin the U.N. Security Council yesterday behind Egypt, Forge Defense Pact vowing total warif Israel uses CAIRO (AP) PRESIDENT GAMAL ABDEL Nasser of Egypt and King force to challenge Egypt's Hussein of Jordan yesterday concluded a defense agreement pro- control over the Gulf of Aqaba. viding for mutual help if war breaks out with Israel. U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. The two rival Arab leaders submerged their differences in a Goldberg countered with a plea show of unity brought about by a call for a war against Israel. that Egypt acceptthe situation Hussein flew in f6r a surprise in the Gul.f that prevailed for visit which was not previously the past 10 years prior to the announced. outbreak of the current crisis. After talks in the Presiden- But there was no indication tial Palace at suburban Helio- that Egypt or any Arab nation polis, the conclusion of the would accept the U.S. request, pact was announced and a which would mean that Israeli signing ceremony in front of shipping could use -the Gulf photographers was arranged. pending negotiations on a per- The defense agreement was menent solution. announced by an Egyptian No immediate action by the spokesman. 15-nation Council was in pro- The Middle East News Agency spect, but diplomats hoped reported that during the talks that a first step would be u- Nasser and Hussein telephoned nanimous approval of a plea by Iraq President Abdel .Rahman the Council for all sides to Aref. Iraq has already sent exercise restraint in the ex- troops to Syrai and Hussein plosive situation. allowed them to pass through The council adjourned at Jordan. 5:25 p.m. EDT until 3 p.m. EDT It's the game of the year! More Iraq forces will begin Wednesday, but diplomatic It's the Naval Station Indians moving today tothe border then sources said any agreement onc and the Gitmo All-Stars in go to the "front-linV,'" the a resolution was unlikely as Cooper Stadium this Saturday Middle East News Agency added. long as Nationalist China's evening at 6:30 for the *bene- The new pact, "COMMA" which LTu .Chien occupied the Presi- fit of YOUR Navy Relief Soci- took effect yesterday, stipu- dency (Continued on page 2) ety. latest that any attack against one signatory will be consid- ered. an attack against the other, and provides that in the eventof warjoint Egyptian- Memorial D ay- '67 Jordanian forces would be under NEW YORKC.(AP) THE NATION MA RCHED and mourned yesterday in the command of an Egyptian valor for America's heritage o f freedom. The bugle's lonely leader. call of taps resounded over gr aves from other wars, and the "No matter what differences new-turned earth where the dead of Vietnam rest. there were in the past," Nas- President Johnson at his Texa s ranch envisioned for holidays ser said at the signing cere- of the future a "brighter day of peace." money, "everything is forgotten However, in the air over Nort h Vietnam U.S. planes on worka- in the face of Israel." day missions flew through hea vy flak this Memorial Day -to The treaty did not say strike at a MIG base at Hao Lac Egyptian troops would be The new generation of young warriors were much in mind on stationed in Jordan, but it this, the most somber of Nation al holidays. set up a series of military * In Saigon, Lt. Gen. Bruch Pa limer Jr., Deputy Commander of commands that would greatly Army Forces, said in a Memori al Day message to his troops: increase the combined ef- "Through the years we American s have marched a difficult road effectiveness of the Egyptian to serve our Nation in times of trouble. (Cont'd on page 2) and Jordanian (Cont'd page 2) PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1967 GITMO GAZETTE NEW YORK (Cont'd from page 1) Today in this wartornTand we are seeing history made with ~itmn new battlefields to be long remembered." 0azettc In Arlington National Cemetery near Washing- ton, surrounded by the graves of more than ComNav~iasc RADM E.R. Crawford 143,000 Americans--some 500 of them killed in Public Affairs Officer LT Paul E. Lamey Vietnam--Gen. Earle G. Wheller, Chairman of Editorial Advisor JOC William A. Liedtke the Joint Chiefs of Staff,declared: "Some day, Editor JOl Sam Herzog if men become wiser, nations may learn to set- 'News Editor CT2 Vic Griffeth tle their disputes by employing reason, not Feature Editor SN Ed Sullivan violence." Sports Editor J03 Sig Couch Memorial Day, sometimes known as Decoration The GITMO GAZETTE is published according to the rules Day,dates back to the Civil War, when Southern and regulations for ship and station newspapers as out- women decorated the graves of Union and Con- lined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of the federate soldiers on May 23. Officially estab- Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed four lished in 1868, it is celebrated on this date days a week at government expense on government equip- in all but eight Southern states, which ment. The opinions or statements in news itmes that schedule their Confederate Memorial observances appear herein are not to be construed as official or as before or after May 30. reflecting the views of ComNavBase or the Navy Dept. In New York, Mayor John V. Lindsay, who saw Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours of Navy combat in World War II, ted 15,000 veterans 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MON thru FRI only and will be publish- up a mile long route in a Memorial Day parade ed in either Monday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. No ads or notices--except command notices--will be pub- But far away, in Vietnam, ground action was S lished more than once a week nor will they be run in generally light,enabling most American units Friday's paper. to hold at least brief Memorial Day services. Some of the larger units dedicated quonset CAIRQ (Cont'd from page 1) Armies against chapels built during the past year. Israel. Scattered ground fighting was reported in After signingthe document Nasser and Hussein the Mekong Delta, the Central Highlands and in addressed each other as "dear brother." the U.S. Marine area just below the Demilitar- Also part of the reconciliation yesterday ized Zone. was Ahmed Shukairy, the fiery leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization who hasoften CHICAGO (AP) MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND traffic called for the overthrow of Hussein. deaths reached a record high last night, but the National Safety Council heaved a si.gh of UNITED NATIONS (Cont'd from page 1) He will relief and predicteda lower total than feared. be succeeded on Thursday by Danish Ambassador The toll reached 547 at 9 p.m. EST. Hans R. Tabor, in the regularly alphabetical A Council spokesman said the toll might not monthly rotation of the Presidency among the exceed 600 although it surpassed all previous member countries. Despitecurrent Moscow-Peking Memorial Days. Before the holiday count began hostility, the Soviet Union still insists that at 6 p.m. Friday, the Council President, Ho- Peking should occupy Nationalist China's place ward Pyle, had predicted that 650 to 750 per- in the United Nations. sons would be killed on the highways before Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Awad El-Kony re- the end of the count at midnight last night. jected arguments by Goldberg that the 1948 Law of the Sea Convention guaranteed the rights of BAGHDAD. IRAQ (AP) THE IRAQ GOVERNMENT in- free passage through the Strait of Ti ran. vited all oil-producing Arab countries to at- S El-Kony said the convention did not apply in tend a meeting here next month to discuss the existance of a state of war, which Egypt their policy in the light of the present ci- contends with israel despite the 1949 armistice sis in the Middle East. agreements. They will be asked to approve a number of Goldberg argued that decisions taken by the resolutions considered by the Iraq Council of Security Council rule out any rights for bel- Ministers last Sunday when it was announced ligerants under the 1949 armistice agreements that Iraq will halt oil supplies to any coun- that ended Israeli-Arab hostilities. try that participates in or supports any at- Taboc called for more consultations among tack on the UAR, Syria, Jordan or Lebanon. Council members in an effort to produce an ac- The resolutions call on the other Arab oil- ceptable resolution. Apparently his remarks producing states similarly to stop shipments were aimed at the Soviet Union, which has re- to any country committing aggression against fused thus far to take part in consultations. Arab sovereignty or against Arab territorial Tobor conferred privately with Secretary- waters, particularly the Gulf of Aqaba. All General U Thant, who has called for a cooling Arab oil-producing countries, according to one off period by all sides in order to permit resolution, must inform foreign companies they negotiations aimed at heading off war. Thant must stop oil reaching countries that take an met also with Goldberg and French Ambassador anti-Arab attitude.