Emir Feisal, second son and Foreign Minister of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, hopes to help establish a United States of Arabia to include Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Syria, as well as his own and other Arab states, he said in an interview with the press today. He confirmed reports that he will go to London after completing his stay in this country.
The Foreign Minister added that he saw no reason why a union of Arab states should not be negotiated before the end of the war. He pointed out that shortly before he left home last week, he learned that an emissary of Egyptian Prime Minister Nahas Pasha was on his way to discuss problems of Arab federation with Ibn Saud. Feisal said he might take part in later negotiations himself.
Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, a member of Feisal’s party, expressed the opinion that discussions on Palestine would best be deferred until after the war.
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