The statement begins: "There is a grave danger of war in the Middle East...." It concerns the "grave danger of war in the Middle East", and appeals for the governments in the region "... to accept international supervision of nuclear and rocket weapons systems and plants and for an internationally supervised embargo upon further arms shipments to the region."

Another copy of this statement is found in record 67842.

This appeal is mentioned as an enclosure at record 65171 where BR writes that he has sent his appeal to nine Middle Eastern Heads of State.