The United States is going into next month’s Palestine Conciliation Commission meeting in Paris without any definite proposal to end the strife between Israel and the Arab countries, it was stated here today by John Waldo, head of the Palestine Affairs Section of the State Department. He denied reports that the United States is prepared to propose “a vast scheme” to make peace in the Middle East.
Mr. Waldo said the U.S. has no plan to propose, although it believes the Paris meeting should be held. He said that although the United States believes it has no primary responsibility in the question of a solution of Israel-Arab problems, the American representative at the proposed meeting, Ely Palmer, has been told to take an active role when the conference begins.
The State Department denied reports today that Presidential Aide W. Averell Harriman is going to Egypt to intervene in the Suez Canal dispute. A Department official said: “If Mr. Harriman goes to Egypt, it will be as a private person.”
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