President Truman said today that he does not believe efforts to find a peaceful solution for the Palestine problem have failed.
The President was asked about press reports to the effect that he had made an effort to settle the Palestine issue, but that these efforts had failed within the last 24 hours. He replied that he did not think the efforts have failed.
This country, Truman said, is still making every effort to prevent bloodshed in Palestine and doing everything it can to get the Palestine problem settled peacefully. There is still hope of a peaceful settlement, he declared.
Asked if he were still making efforts to get the British to remain in Palestine after May 15, the President replied that he had been in no communication with the British except through the U.N. and that he did not know what the U.N. had asked the British to do. The U.S. Government, he said, is making every effort through the U.N. to get the problem settled.
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