The Conciliation Commission announced today the names of the British, French and Turkish members of its economic survey group, which will study the economic development possibilities of Israel and the Arab states and which is headed by Gordon R. Clapp, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The British nominee is Sir Desmond Morton, member of the Spears mission to the Middle East in World War I and an aide to Winston Churchill in the last war. The French member will be Eric Labonne, political adviser to the French Government and former Ambassador to Moscow. Cemil Goeusen, in charge of electrical development in the Ministry of Public Works at Ankara, will represent Turkey.
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