Shertok Arrives in U.S. to Head Agency Political Dept. in U.s.:confers with Acheson

WASHINGTON (Jan. 16)

Moshe Shertok, political chief of the Jewish Agency, who has arrived here to head the political department of the Agency’s Washington branch, conferred today with Under-Secretary of State Dean Acheson and other State Department officials. He also saw British ambassador Lord Inverchapel.

Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Shertok outlined the stand of the Zionist leadership on the Palestine question and gave reporters an off-the-record “fill-in” on various aspects of the problem.