Colonial Secretary George Hall told the House of Commons today that he hoped the round-table conference with Jews and Arabs would take place in the middle of August.
Acceptance of Britain’s invitation to attend the conference has been received from Transjordan as well as from Saudi Arabia, a Foreign Office spokesman said. He added that it is still uncertain if the Arab representatives will agree to attend a joint Arab-Jewish meeting, if this is eventually planned, or whether separate talks with Jewish and Arab groups will be held.
Meanwhile, a report from Cairo said the Egyptian Government is planning to call a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab states to discuss the round-table conference. It said that Abdul Rahman Azzam, Pasha, secretary-general of the Arab League, held a two-hour meeting today with ministers of the Arab states in Egypt to draw up preliminary plans for the meeting.
It was also reported from Cairo that Iraq has asked Egypt to call an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League states in the very near future to discuss the Palestine question.
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