Revisionist World Headquarters here today cabled David Ben Gurion, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, urging the proclamation of a Jewish state despite American pressure on the Agency not to do so. Failure to proclaim the Jewish state, the message said, “would be a rebellion against the people’s will and the unanimous decision of the Zionist Action Committee.”
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