The special Israeli-Trans Jordanian committee on Jerusalem met here for four hours to discuss the agenda of future meetings. An Israeli spokesman, who admitted that “slow progress” has been made in recent sessions of the group, denied press reports that the committee will hold a joint session with the mixed armistice commission in order to terminate the present deadlock, wind up the activities of both bodies and refer the entire problem to Lausanne.
Meanwhile, press reports attributed to “reliable sources” continue to insist that the Jews and Arabs have reached an agreement in principle on passage through Latrun. The present obstacle to the conclusion of such an agreement is said to be Trans Jordan’s refusal to negotiate on the Arab-held Sheikh Jarrach quarter, through which all Mt. Scopus-bound traffic must pass, even if Israel were willing to make territorial concessions in Jerusalem proper.
Dispatches reaching here from Amman state that the Transjordan press is devoting considerable space to Arab demands for a resumption of the war against Israel, as a result of the deadlock in the Lausanne peace conference. Arab Legion commander for Jerusalem, Lt. Col. Abdullah el Tel, signed an article appearing in one of the Amman news papers demanding resumption of the war against the Jewish state.
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