WILL THE U.S. STEP FORWARD?

There is clearly a great sense of relief at the British Foreign Office that the matter of the Arab League delegation has finally been resolved and that normal relations can be resumed with the Gulf states. Indeed, the choice of King Hussein as leader of the delegation could not have suited Whitehall better, since he is clearly a central figure in the present attempts to save the Reagan Plan from oblivion, and he is also the one Arab leader with whom the British feel they have a real understanding.