The United Nations General Assembly should replace the U.N. Conciliation Commission for Palestine with a single mediator–preferably Ralph J. Bunche–if it wants to bring about a peace settlement between Israel and the Arab states, James G. McDonald, first American Ambassador to Israel declared tonight.
Mr. McDonald, who spoke at a dinner marking his 65th birthday, tendered by the Greater New York Committee for State of Israel Bonds, condemned the Conciliation Commission for its “clumsy failure” in the recent Paris talks. He told the 500 guests at the dinner that the Commission’s failure is due to its policy of dealing with the Arab states as a bloc, thus enabling the position of the most intransigeant elements to be the dominating factor in the situation.
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