A SLIGHT STOPPAGE.

The temporary suspension of US arms sales to the Arab states is not an embargo and does not signal major changes in America's security relationships with countries in the region, an Administration spokesman has said. Commenting on the postponement, announced earlier in connection with a new government review of US security policies in the Middle East, the spokesman said the review was more in the nature of a 'refinement' of existing policies than a signal of a major shift in direction.