Secretary of State George C. Marshall said today that the State Department is not giving any consideration at this time to a codification or change in the arms embargo to Palestine and other countries of the middle East.
Asked at his weekly press conference about reports that the State Department ?s deeply concerned about the Arab reaction to partition and is reconsidering the American decision on partition, the Secretary replied that the American position at the present time is support of United Nations procedures. He revealed that no further consideration was being given to evacuation of American citizens from Palestine other than the families of the Consul General and other Consular officials.
Replying to a question, Secretary Marshall said that the State Department does not know of any agreement between the British Government and King Abdullah of Transjordan for the latter to take over a large part of Palestine.
Senator Owen Brewster, of Maine, today accused the Administration of attempting to frustrate the United Nations decision to establish a Jewish state in Palestine by putting the embargo on arms shipments to that area and by ordering the ##pension of citizenship of American volunteers fighting in Jewish defense armies.
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