Secretary of State James F. Byrnes met last week in Paris with a representative of the Agudas Israel of America to discuss the Palestine issue, it was revealed here today at a reception given by the Agudah to its Palestine leader, I.M. Lewin, prior to his return to Jerusalem.
The American representative of the Agudah, Meier Shenkolewski of New York, told Mr. Byrnes that his organization would welcome an active policy of cooperation on the part of the United States Government in reaching a solution of the Palestine problem.
The executive of the World Revisionist Organization declared in a statement today that Jewish participation at the London Conference on Palestine “would be a betrayal of Jewish interests.”
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