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Arabs Demand Dissolution of Jewish Agency; Egyptian King Summons All Arab Rulers

May 16, 1946
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The immediate dissolution of the Jewish Agency is demanded in a memorandum which the Arab Higher Committee will submit to the High Commissioner, it was officially announced today by the secretariats of the Committee.

From Cairo, it is reported today that Abdul Aztz Badr, chief of the Arabic section of the Royal Palace, has left Cairo in an Egyptian military plans to visit Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and capitals of other Arab states to convey an invitation from King Farouk to all Arab rulers to meet on the Palestine question. At the head-quarters of the Arab League it was announced that all Arab kings and presidents will meet “very shortly” at an unidentified place in Egypt to exchange views on Palestine.

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