The conference of Arab Foreign Ministers at ?amascus has resolved to oppose appointment of a fact-finding commission on Palestine by the forthcoming special session of the U.N. General Assembly, but if the Arab stand is rejected, they will demand a place on the committee, it was reported here today.
The general line laid down by the conference is to wage a “war of nerves” at the General Assembly, threatening to boycott the U.N. or the member nations who favor the Zionists, at the same time threatening that there will be outbreaks and slaughters of Jews in the Middle East if the U.N. decides against the Arabs. If this does not succeed, the Arabs will reluctantly yield to the U.N. but will continue their fight on other fronts.
(At Lake Success yesterday, Faris el Khoury, Syrian delegate and chief Arab spokesman, announced that he will formally request the Assembly to place a full-dress disscussion of the Palestine situation on its agenda, rather than confining itself to ?e establishment of an inquiry committee. The Arab request will require approval by ?ro-thirds of the Assembly delegates.)
The Hashomer Hatzair Party, which recently concluded a Palestine-wide conference, has forwarded a memorandum to the Jewish Agency calling on it to ask the United Nations for an international trusteeship over Palestine. It also urged that the trusteeship be followed eventually by a bi-national Palestine state.
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