A personal representative of Prime Minister Jan Smits of South Africa, after completing a two-week secret visit to Palestine, has expressed the belief that the country will be incorporated into the British Empire with dominion status, it was learned here from reliable sources.
Smut’s emissary, Major H. B. Tunison, accompanied by three adjutants, conferred with David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Agency, high government officials and many prominent Jewish and Arab leaders. He also visited many Jewish settlements and Arab villages.
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