The new Australian Government is seeking to bring about a modification of the United Nations decision providing for the internationalization of Jorusalem, according to well-informed quarters here. The new Minister for External Affairs, P.C. Spender, may follow a policy more in line with British policy on this question, it was indicated. Australia introduced the resolution at the General Assembly calling for internationalization of Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia’s leading newspapers, compared the “reserved attitude” of this country’s delegate during the discussions on Jerusalem in the U.N. Trusteeship Council with the “leading part played by Australia in the General Assembly in forcing the internationalization issue.” The paper attributed the change to direct instructions from the Minister for External Affairs, who recently succeeded Dr. Herbert Evatt following a bitterly-contested national election.
The Herald also emphasized the determination of both the Jews and Arabs to hold on to the respactive sections in jerusalem that they occupy, adding that “relations between the two sides have probably never been better.” Jewish communities in all parts of Australia conducted protest meetings following announcement of the U.N. Assembly vote on Jerusalem.
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