Given the direct and immediate stakes which Western Europe has in the Mediterranean and in the oil of the Middle East there is every inducement for NATO to concert the actions and policies of its members In the Middle East. I urge that we press diligently within NATO councils for discussions which can lead to just such a policy of Middle East "concert." If commercial rivalries are permitted to supersede the bonds of common interest. if individual energies counteract and dissipate one another. if the potential strength of collective action is lost. each member of NATO will be the poorer in an overall sense. I wish. finally. to close with a brief word about the refugee problem. In one important aspect there Is now a new situation with respect to the Arab refugees as a result of the 6day war. For the first .time in 20 years. virtually all of the refugees are now in territories controlled by just two countriesJordan and Israel. It is essential. in my view. that this new circumstance be explored fully and creatively to see if there is now a new opportunity to effect. on an International basis. some resolutionperhaps "dissolution" is a more apposite wordfor the individual who is a subject of this great human and political problem.
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