The UNO Trusteeship Committee, in a report to the General Assembly today, welcomed Britain’s announcement that it intends to grant independence to Transjordan.
In Aman, capital of Transjordan, meanwhile, Emir Abdullah, the country’s ruler, is conferring with Iraqi regent Abdul Illah, preliminary to the former’s visit to London next month to discuss details of Transjordan’s independence.
According to a reliable report, the two Arab rulers and their foreign, justice and finance ministers have been meeting for several days to discuss various problems, the chief of which is partial unification of the ruling dynasties of the two countries–both of which belong to the Hashamite clan–as a counter move to the recent approachment between Ibn Saud, traditional enemy of the Hashemites, and King Farouk of Egypt.
The conference is also considering financing of the Transjordan Frontier Force (Arab Legion), which is now equipped and paid by the British Government. It is estimated that a sum ranging from $12,000,000 to $16,000,000 will be needed to maintain this force. The TJFF has been involved within recent months in several clashes with Jews in Palestine, where they were brought by the British, who have enlisted their aid in curbing “illegal” Jewish immigration.
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