A report that President Truman sent a message to Emir Abdullah, ruler of Transjordan, assuring him that no decision on Palestine will be taken by the Allies without consultation with representatives of Jews and Arabs, was broadcast today by the Madrid radio in Arab language.
A report from Palestine states that the Husseini Party which was led by the ex-Mufti, submitted a memorandum to the Palestine Government asking the nationalization by the British Labor Government of the Palestine Electric Company and the Palestine Potash Company in which Jews are big sharcholders. The memorandum also lists a number of Jewish industrial and banking enterprises in Palestine asking for their nationalization. “The Arab people must learn the ways of nationalization,” the memmorandum points out.
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