Short Flurry

As international incidents go, the Adolf Eichmann case was always more sound than fury. Last week, after a short outburst, even the sound subsided into a polite diplomatic murmur.

The week began with Argentina's protest to the U.N. Security Council that the kidnap of Mass Murderer Eichmann from Buenos Aires by Jewish "volunteers" was "incompatible with the preservation of international law." Argentina demanded "just reparations" and the punishment of those responsible. To avoid a showdown, an attempt was made to arrange a friendly meeting in Belgium between Israel's Premier David Ben-Gurion and Argentine President Arturo Frondizi, who were both touring the Continent. Ben-Gurion agreed, provided that the return of Eichmann was not an issue. Other Israelis had resentfully pointed out that Argentina had provided a haven for Nazi war criminals; they defended the illegal seizure of Eichmann on the grounds that 1) there was no simple legal way of extraditing him to Israel, and 2) the Argentine authorities have shown little interest in rounding up Nazis. Frondizi abruptly turned down the meeting.

Ignoring this offstage flurry, the Security Council approved by a vote of 8 to 0 (Russia and Poland abstaining) a resolution asking Israel to make "adequate reparation" to Argentina for having violated its sovereignty, but diplomatically failed to define either adequate or reparation. In Paris, wine" g up a state visit to France, President Frondizi said mellowly that he was "entirely satisfied."

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