Power Talks on Palestine Open; U.S. Delegate Urges Arab-jewish Conciliation

A suggestion that all possible attempts should be ## to bring about Arab-Jewish conciliation in Palestine was made today by Warren tin, head of the U.S. delegation at the United Nations, at the opening meeting of Big Powers ten-day conference on Palestine. The American representative empha?ed that it might be advisable to invite the Jewish Agency and the Palestine Arab ?her Committee to confer with the Big Powers.

The meeting agreed to give immediate consideration to the question of establish- ? a militia in Palestine. It also decided to discuss establishment of a routine offering guidance to the U.N. Palestine Commission in relation to Provisional councils of Government which must be formed in Palestine by Jews and Arabs separately ?er the provisions of the General Assembly partition decision.

The major subject on the agenda remains the question of deciding whether the ?sent state of affaire in Palestine presents a threat to peace. At today’s ses?n it was decided to invite Britain to participate in the parley, despite the announcement made by the British representative at the Security Council that his ?ernment will not take any part In the talks. It was also decided to invite U.N. ?retary-General Trygve Lie to attend the parley.

The meeting will be resumed tomorrow evening. Participating in today’s talks ?e: Warren R. Austin for the United States; Andrei Gromyko for the USSR; Alexandre ?di for France; and T.F. Tsiang for China. In a statement to the press which was ##ued at the conclusion of today’s discussions, it was emphasized that today’s ?aion was of an exploratory nature and was devoted chiefly to mapping out an ##da. All participants agreed on the need for speed in the deliberations, it revealed.