Egypt, Syria and Lebanon today rejected the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission’s recent note calling for the immediate lauching of peace talks with Israel. The three Arab states insisted on the need for prior talks regarding settlement of the Palestine Arab refugee question. (The New York Times reported today from Geneva that Egypt has withdrawn her delegation from the Conciliation Commission.)
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