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Arab Delegates at Geneva Seek United Front Against Partition

September 10, 1937
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DELEGATIONS FROM ARAB COUNTRIES SOUGHT TODAY TO EFFECT A UNITED FRONT OF ASIATIC NATIONS AGAINST DIVISION OF PALESTINE AS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL PREPARED TO MEET IN A SESSION WHICH WILL CONSIDER BRITISH PROPOSALS FOR A THREE WAY PARTITION OF THE HOLY LAND.

JEWISH AND ARAB DELEGATIONS ARRIVED HERE FOR THE COUNCIL SESSION. THE IRAQ DELEGATION IS HEADED BY FOREIGN MINISTER TOWFIK ASSUWAIDI. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW ZIONIST ORGANIZATION HAVE ALREADY COME HERE. DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION, IS ARRIVING MONDAY, AND MOSHE SHERTOK, HEAD OF THE JEWISH AGENCY’S POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, IS COMING FROM JERUSALEM BY PLANE.

THE AGENDA OF THE COUNCIL ALSO INCLUDES THE QUESTION OF EMIGRATION.

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