President Truman addressed appeals “to certain interested governments” in the past few months urging restraint in dealing with the Palestine situation, it was announced today by the White House.
Asked about reports that the President had sent messages to the kings of Saudi Arabia and Iraq regarding Palestine Presidential press secretary Charles G. Ross read the following statement to newsmen:
“In an effort to prevent the spread of disorder in the Middle East, this government has, during recent months, addressed appeals to certain interested government stressing the importance, in the interests of Middle East security and world peace, of the exercise of restraint, in dealing with the Palestine situation. Some of these appeals were made directly by the President.”
Senator Alexander Wiley, in a letter on Palestine to Secretary of State Marshall, called upon the U.S. Government to end the arms embargo and suggested that Great Britain be asked to retain her troops in Palestine beyond the current deadline in an effort to maintain “minimum peace and order.”
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