The Arab League states have accepted the United Nations Security Council order to cease hostilities in Palestine “with certain reservations,” United Nations truce headquarters was informed here today in a message from King Abdullah’s headquarters in Amman.
Earlier, the U.N. announced the receipt of the Egyptian and Transjordan Governments’ acceptance of the cease-fire order. A U.K. spokesman said an acceptance message from Iraq vas still awaited.
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