The meeting of the Council of the Arab League concluded here today with the adoption of resolutions refusing to recognize the right of the United States to intervene in Palestinian affairs and a request that Britain enter into bi-lateral negotiations with the Arabs on the Palestine question.
The Council decided not to consider the recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine because half the members of the committee were Americans. The Arabs demanded that negotiations between Britain and themselves be carried on without consultation with either the Jews or the United States Government. If this demand is not met by Britain, the resolution said, the Palestine case would be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council.
Apparently unable to resolve the split among Arabs in Palestine, which led recently to the formation of an Arab Higher Front in opposition to the Higher Committee, the Council ordered the two groups to effect a reconciliation and form an Arab agency, similar to the Jewish Agency, to represent Palestine Arabs at the Arab league. Should such reconciliation fail, the Arab League itself will form an agency and will take over control of the Arab Offices in London, Washington, and Jerusalem, another resolution declared.
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