The U.N. Palestine Commission today received a request from the Jewish Agency to send Scandinavian forces to police the city of Jerusalem against increasing violence.
The forces requested by the Agency are Norwegian and Danish units stationed in Northern Germany as part of the Allied armies of occupation. Having no jurisdiction over them, the Commission advised the Agency to direct its proposal to the U.N. Security Council.
The Palestine Commission does not intend to accord immediate recognition to the Jewish Provisional Government since the position taken by the British Government as Mandatory Power precludes any immediate U.N. action on Provisional Government Councils in Palestine. This was indicated in a letter circulated today by Secretary-General Trygve Lie to member states of the United Nations. However, the Commission is still considering the possibility of recognition for the Jewish Provisional Council of Government after the termination of the Mandate on May 15.
At a press conference today lie said he had no reaction to President Truman’s statement on trusteeship. The U.S. proposal for a trusteeship solution to the Palestine problem took fate by complete surprise, he said. He emphasized the astonishing nature of the proposal in view of the complete absence of such a solution either in the special session of the General Assembly on Palestine or at the regular session at which the partition decision was taken.
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