Delegates from more than 25 states have been designated so far by major American Jewish organizations to participate in the extra ordinary conference on the Middle Eastern crisis to be held in Washington on January 17 and 18, it was announced here today.
The presidents of 16 organizations have called the conference to consider the “situation of extreme gravity” for both Israel and the United States which has developed as the result of Communist bloc arms shipments to Egypt. Each of the organizations is naming 20 delegates to the conference. In addition there will be delegates at large representing Jewish communities from coast to coast.
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