High, Commissioner and Army Chief Fly to London; New Moves on Palestine Doubted

Palestine High Commissioner Sir Alan G. Cunningham and Maj. Gen. Gordon H.A. MacMillan, British commander-in-chief in the Holy Land, arrived here today after a hurried flight from Jerusalem, arousing speculation that the British Government was contemplating a new move in the comlicated Palestine situation.

A Colonial Office spokesman indicated that the question of law and order in Palestine would be discussed, but added that it was highly unlikely that the matter of increased Jewish immigration would come up. Some quarters thought that the two top British officials in Palestine had been called here to obtain their views on the projected referral of the Palestine issue to the United Nation, but this view was scouted by a Foreign Office spokesman, who also denied that their visit meant that Britian is trying to solve the problem by other means than the U.N.

The spokesman reiterated that Britain hoped that the problem would be taken up by the U.N. at the earliest possible moment. He added that the government still has an open mind on the procedure for consideration of the questions either establishment of a fact-finding committee, convening of a special session of the General Assembly or waiting for the next scheduled meeting of the Assembly in September.

(Reports circulating at Lake Success said that U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie has cooled towards his proposal for establishment of an inquiry committee in view of the failure of the Big Five to support the plan and is considering the possibility of calling a special session to be attended by skeletion delegations from each member nation, in order to keep down the coat. However, U.N. sources said that until Britain makes some move to submit the issue to the U.N. formally, nothing can be done.)

FOREIGN OFFICE RULES OUT NEW CONSULTATIONS WITH JEWS OR ARABS

The Foreign Office spokesman ruled out a new attempt by Britain to solve the problem through further consultations with Jews and Arabs. He said that the talks with the American Embassy were still continuing. An Embassy source described the conversation as “still inconclusive.”

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