Jewish Agency circles are voicing apprehension concerning the make-up of the United Nations inquiry committee on Palestine. Several members of the executive are frankly doubtful that the Agency will testify before the commission if it includes an Arab representative.
The Russian Consul General stationed at Beirut is now in Palestine contacting government officials and Jewish and Arab leaders in an effort to learn the attitude of Palestinians toward the Soviet Union’s stand at the United Nations, it was learned here today.
The Palestine Government is reported to have prepared a memorandum concerning the Jewish community’s “pro-Communist tendencies,” allegedly implying that the bulk of the Cyprus internees are also “pro-Communist.” The newspapers which report the secret memorandum also state that copies were sent to prominent American statesmen.
The government is also busily preparing a wealth of material for presentation to the fact-finding committee. It has already dispatched some data to the United Nations, reportedly detailing a history of Arab disturbances since the inception of the Palestine Mandate.
Internal differences within the Agudist movement in Palestine were revealed here with the publication of an editorial in Shearim, organ of the Agudah Laborites, charging that the World Central Committee of the Agudah took no action on a demand for separate representation at the U.N. and that the action of the leaders of the movement in requesting a separate hearing was “surprising.” The publication disassociated the Laborites from the action of the party leaders.
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