CAIRO: Some Arab countries have asked for an urgent meeting of the Arab League Council to discuss developments in Indo-Israel relations and take a unanimous stand on the matter, the Cairo daily `Al Gamhouria` said yesterday [Jan 27 J in a front-page story. The newspaper said `secret` negotiations had already taken place for the supply of aircraft, tanks and cannon to India by Israel and a high Indian military officer was in Tel Aviv in this connection.

The newspaper said Israel tried to take advantage of Indo-Pakistan conflict by making tempting offers of aid to India supported by `imperialism and its agents` The newspaper said: It has also been learnt that secret negotiations actually took place between the Israeli Consul General and General Samson (an Indian of Jewish origin and head of the supply unit of the Indian Army) that Israel would supply the Indian Army with two squadrons of planes, different kinds of tanks and cannons at a nominal cost estimated at one hundred million dollars to be repaid over twenty years.

`Al Gamhouria` concluded: `The Indian Embassy in Cairo categorically denied the report that an arms deal has been concluded between Israel and India.` Agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by agencies from Karachi,] Maulana Ihtishamul Haq Thanvi has appealed to the education authorities to immediately order reopening of educational institutions in the province. In a Press statement yesterday, he said it was `regrettable and objectionable` that educational institutions throughout the country are closed down indefinitely if protest on any problem is voiced anywhere in the country.

As a result, a precious and valuable part of the students`life is wasted. He asl