I invite attention to the fact that when I wrote my report last year. after my trip to the Middle East. one of the points was that there must be the following assumptions in our Middle East policy: First. That Israel is an integral part of the region and is there to stay. .Second. That the 1949 armistice boundaries constitute inviolable political boundaries subject to change only by the joint agreement of the states concerned. Third. That resettlement in Arab lands. with compensation for property left in Israel. is in fact the only effective and realistic way of solving the Arab refugee problem. Fourth. That the stability and security of the region demand an early settlement of the ArabIsrael conflict.