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4. There have been no military developments which
 would alter the findings of the 26 May Special Report
 of the Watch Committee. The Israelis, however, still
 have the capability of attacking with little or no
 warning.

5. Israeli Foreign Minister Eban is quoted in the
 press as saying today that Israel will act alone to break
 the Arab blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba if international
 action is not effective soon. He refused to set a time
 limit on how long Israel will wait, but he told a news
 conference it would be a matter of weeks rather than
 months. "We will act alone if we must, but with others
 if we can," he said.

7. The Iraqi Government yesterday invited the Arab
 oil producing states to attend a meeting of oil ministers
 in Baghdad on 4 June for the purpose of unifying the
 Arab stand on withholding oil from "any state which
 takes part in an aggression on the Arab nation." The
 foreign ministry has also contacted the Iranian, Indonesian,
 and Venezuelan governments and requested their
 support for the Arab measures.

8. Syrian President Atassi and Foreign Minister
 Makhus arrived in Moscow yesterday for talks on the
 Middle East crisis with Soviet leaders. Egyptian War
 Minister Shams Badran ended his visit a day earlier.

10. King Husayn arrived in Cairo today, was received
 by Nasir, and at last report was still at a meeting with
 the Egyptian president. The meeting, which initially was
 to have been secret, is being well publicized.

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