King Abdullah’s annexation of Arab Palestine and the Arab League’s expected reaction to it has committed Transjordan to making peace with Israel, Foreign Office circles stated today. Transjordan will need access to Haifa in the event that the Arab League imposes economic sanctions, as it has threatened, it was pointed out.
The British Government does not believe that Transjordan’s decision yesterday to annex the Arab part of Palestine will lead to military action on the part of the nations of the Arab League, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. The spokesman denied that Britain had been consulted before Transjordan announced its action.
Asked to comment on Britain’s attitude toward the move, the spokesman said that the Foreign Office was studying the new situation, including its effect on the military clauses of the Anglo-Transjordan treaty, which provide that either party must come to the assistance of the other if it is attacked. Meanwhile, he stated, Britain will regard Transjordan as the responsible administrative authority in Arab Palestine, as has been done hitherto.
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