President Truman today denied that he had intervened with Bartley Crum, American member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, to prevent Crum from resigning from the inquiry body.
Earlier this week, published reports stated that the President had prevented Crum from resigning in protest against the committee’s procedure and its failure to issue an interim report recommending immediate action with regard to Jews in camps in Germany and Austria.
Replying to a question by the JTA, President Truman said at his press conference today that there has been no communication between him and Crum, and added that this was the first he had heard of the matter.
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