President Kennedy today told Dr. Joseph Johnson, former special Middle East envoy for the Palestine Conciliation Commission, that the Administration plans to continue to press for a solution of the Arab refugee question.
Mr. Kennedy’s statement was made during a farewell White House call Dr. Johnson paid to the President before returning to his job as head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The White House had no other comment on the brief meeting.
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