Hussein, who arrived in Amman on Friday for a ten day conference, was greeted enthusiastically by thousands of Palestinian and Syrian Arabs, who shouted, “Long live Emir of all believers!” Palestinian delegations-asked an immediate interview, out were not received until the following day, when the Mayor of Jerusalem and other Palestinian mayors, all Muftis and Greek patriarchs paid their respects to Hussein.
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