On the eve of the meeting with his two sons, King Hussein of the Hedjas has issued an appeal to the British nation complaining that Britain did not fulfill the obligations it had undertaken to help cement unity among the Arab peoples. Hussein deplores that the Arab people charge him with selling their interests to Great Britain and he therefore appeals to Britain to renew its prestige by helping establish a “united Arab nation ruling over all Arab lands”.
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