One hundred Arab business leaders will meet with their American counterparts here Nov. 13-15 at the New York Hilton when their delegation begins a tour of four U.S. cities for the 1979 American-Arab Business Conference. In addition to New York, the Arab delegation will visit Chicago, Houston and Washington. The delegation will be led by Dr. Burhan Dajani of Lebanon, secretary. general of the Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, and Sheikh Ismail Abu Dawood, a Saudi Arabian industrialist.
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