Consultations between the Colonial Office and leaders of the Jewish Agency which were scheduled to open today were called off “because of the illness of a certain personality,” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned from authoritative sources.
British circles indicated that some of the Jewish Agency leaders who arrived here yesterday by plane from Paris came primarily for the purpose of participating in the consultations. Jewish circles reported that these leaders came to confer with Dr. Chaim Weizmann, whose eye operation has been postponed until the coming week-end.
A Foreign Office spokesman said that President Truman’s statement on the British-proposed “federalization” plan for Palestine was expected to be received here today, but no communication from Truman has reached the Foreign Office so far.
(In Washington a White House announcement said that the President is still considering the entire Palestine question and has set no date for an announcement regarding his final decision on the British federation plan. Mr. Truman is understood to be in cable communication with Prime Minister Attlee. Despite conflicting reports that the President has veered toward the British plan and is now said to be negotiating for a larger area and more autonomy for the proposed Jewish province, well-informed Administration circles continue to insist that the President will not accept the plan.)
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