There is a possibility of establishing a broad coalition government under the leadership of the Mapai Party, David Ben Gurion, veteran Laborite, told a meeting of the party’s central committee here last night. The group met to hear his report on preliminary contacts with leaders of various other parties and to choose a committee to begin formal negotiations for a new coalition.
Mr. Ben Gurion made his optimistic statement on the basis of talks with leaders of the Poale Agudah-Agudah and the Poale Mizrachi-Mizrachi blocs and with the leftist Mapam Party. He said that during his preliminary discussions he had explored general principles on which a cabinet would be based but had taken no steps toward the formation of a cabinet.
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