Asserting that the contemplated release of Hajain el Husseini, ex-mufti of Jerusalem, would involve the French Republic in a violation of the United Nations pledge to prosecute all war criminals, Henry Monsky, chairman of the American Jewish Conference, today cabled French Foreign Minister Georges Fidault urging detention of the Arab leader.
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