ODD BULL WITH FAMILY; TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOF)



TRANSCRIPT: REPORTER: DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH OBSERVERS TO PREVENT INCIDENTS LIKE A RECENT ONE, LIKE THE ONE AT SUEZ?



BULL: YOU KNOW SUEZ CANAL IS 160 KILOMETRES. IT IS JUST THEN TO TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE, YOU SEE. WE CAN'T HAVE OBSERVERS FOR EVERYONE, EVERY VILLAGE. SO WE TRY TO FIND A REASONABLE BALANCE AND HOPE FOR CO-OPERATION BY BOTH PARTIES IN MAINTAINING THE CEASE-FIRE. I THINK WE ARE JUST HAVING A SNACK, YOU SEE, AND PUSHING NORTH IN FIFTEEN MINUTES, I HOPE. WELL, ALL THE BEST.




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Background: GENERAL ODD BULL, CHIEF OF THE UNITED NATIONS TRUCE ORGANISATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TODAY (MONDAY) COMPLETED A TWO-DAY TOUR OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

YESTERDAY THE GENERAL WAS AT ISMAILIA, WHERE HE SPOKE TO REPORTERS BEFORE GOING ON TO INSPECT THE CEASEFIRE LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AND ISRAEL.

HE WAS ASKED...