(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
One-third of the Palestine-Transjordanian frontier force should be Jews, is the demand entertained by the Vaad Leumi, the National Council of Palestine Jews.
The demand is based on an agreement concluded between the Palestine government and the Vaad Leumi in 1921, with regard to the Palestine gendarmerie.
According to that agreement, the Palestine gendarmerie was to consist of one-third local Jews, one-third local Arabs and one-third outsiders, such as Circassians, Cypriots, etc. If the number of outsiders would be insufficient, the civil secretary of the Palestine government was to consult the Vaad Leumi before increasing the Arab proportion.
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