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Weizmann Confers with Cairo Leaders; Roundtable Parley Expected; Amicable Solution Looms

April 12, 1939
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An amicable settlement of the Arab-Jewish conflict over Palestine loomed as a possibility today with the arrival of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, for conferences with Egyptian Government and other Arab leaders. The Zionist leader came to Cairo upon invitation of the Government. Accompanied by the well-known Jewish barrister Alexander, Dr. Weizmann immediately went into conference with Premier Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha and Foreign Minister Abdel Fattah Yehia Pasha.

Presence of the Zionist leader, who headed the Jewish delegation at the recent London conferences on Palestine, coincided with the sudden return to Cairo of the Egyptian Ambassador to London, Dr. Hassan Nachat Pasha, with important new British proposals with regard to Palestine’s political future.

Since an Iraqian delegation is expected to arrive by air tomorrow, it is surmised here that a new Arab-Jewish roundtable conference will take place in the very near future. Dr. Weizmann’s interview with the Egyptian leaders lasted more than an hour. It is believed in informed circles that a solution of the Palestine question will be expedited in view of the international situation.

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