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Holds Palestine Was Not Included in Proposed Arab Federation

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PARIS (Mar. 2)

Palestine was never considered as a part of the proposed Arab federation in the Anglo-French wartime negotiations, it was stated today by Georges Picot, French High Commissioner for Syria during the World War, who negotiated the Sykes Picot Agreement on Palestine.

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