The Central Committee of the Neo-Destour Party, to which President Bourguiba belongs issued a statement here this weekend welcoming Bourguiba’s proposals for a compromise solution of the Arab-Israeli issues.
At the same time L’Action, organ of the Neo-Destour Party, denied that Bourguiba had sought contact with Israeli representatives on his Arab-Israel compromise plan. It charged that such reports had emanated from “Zionist circles,” declaring that no Arab leader could interject himself in place of the Palestine Arabs, who must choose their method offer “liberating” themselves.
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