Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, president of the ZOA, today met with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin for the second time within a week, it was reliably learned here.
Dr. Silver came from Cleveland at the invitation of Bevin, conveyed to him by Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Inverchapel was the only other person present at both conferences which took place in Bevin’s suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Today’s meeting lasted close to an hour.
Dr. Silver has been unavailable for comment on these conferences, but it is reliably reported that the discussions were devoted to a clarification of the Palestine political situation and were conducted in a friendly atmosphere. There was a full and frank exchange of views between the Foreign Secretary and the Zionist leader.
In Zionist circles these talks were reported as “highly important.” Significance is attached to the fact that the meetings followed each other closely and that Dr. Silver had come on the invitation of the British statesmen who were apparently eager to discuss the political situation with the leader of American Zionist Organization who had been most outspoken in his appraisal of British policies.
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