The Palestine Liberation Organization, the group formed by the Arab League to conduct war against Israel, is receiving arms and training from Communist China, according to a statement by Ahmed Shukairy, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Shukairy said in a speech delivered yesterday in Gaza, which is under Egyptian jurisdiction, that Communist China is sending arms into the “Arab world for use against Israel.” He added that “some Palestinians are receiving military training in China.” The “Palestinians” of whom Shukairy spoke are presumably Arab refugees housed in camps on Israel’s borders by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Dispatches from Cairo received here today also said that Egypt may turn to China for aid in development of nuclear capability and in general help toward fighting Israel. Communist sources in the Egyptian capital were reported here to have said that Egypt’s President Nasser would raise the question when Communist China’s Premier Chou Enlai visits Cairo next month.
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