AIRPORT SIGN; AIRCRAFT LANDING; HUSSEIN LEAVING AIRCRAFT; MEETING OFFICIALS; HUSSEIN AT PRESS CONFERENCE; HUSSEIN LEAVING AIRPORT.




Initials GEM/V/CR/MM



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN ARRIVED IN LONDON TODAY (SATURDAY) FROM NEW YORK, AND TOLD AN AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HE SAW NO POSSIBILITY AT PRESENT OF A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB STATES.

THE KING SAID THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD HAVE TO BE A RETURN TO THE SITUATION AS IT WAS ON JUNE 5, THE DAY ARAB-ISRAELI WAR STARTED.

KING HUSSEIN ALSO REPEATED THAT HE WAS SATISFIED BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES HAD NOT INTERVENED PHYSICALLY IN THE WAR... BUT HE SAID THEY HAD GIVEN ISRAEL SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.

THE KING WILL MEET THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. WILSON ON MONDAY AND THEN FLY ON TO PARIS FOR TALKS WITH GENERAL DE GAULLE. HE HAS ALREADY MET PRESIDENT JOHNSON, AND ALSO PLANS TO CALL ON POPE PAUL IN ROME.

KING HUSSEIN SAID HE WAS IN BRITAIN TO EXPLAIN THE ARAB CAUSE AND NOT TO PLEAD FOR ARMS OR AID.