Extensive precautions were taken today by police and military authorities to prevent possible disorders in connection with the publication of the report of the Anglo-American committee.
Large units of troops and police were massed around Tel Aviv and at strategic points throughout the country. Barbed wire fences were erected between Tel Aviv and Jaffa and armored cars patrolled the roads in all parts of Palestine.
Meantime, the Arab Higher Committee issued a manifesto calling upon the Arabs not to accept anything short of abolition of the Jewish National Home, the abrogation of the Palestine Mandate, the independence of Palestine and the establishment of an Arab Government within an Arab Federation.
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