United States anxiety over the position of the Western Powers in tie Middle East, following the recent handling by the British Foreign Office of relations with Iraq, Transjordan and other nations in that area, was expressed by Secretary of by State Marshall in a week-end message to British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, an informed British source revealed today The precise contents of the message remain a top secret for the present.
Hector McNeil, Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, declared today that the U.N. Palestine Commission has not yet formally requested a meeting with British officials in London prior to its departure for Palestine. The statement was made in a written reply read to Commons in response to questions previously put by Member of Parliament.
Lloyds today announced that its rates for insurance on war, strike or civil disorders risk for goods destined for Palestine have been increased about three-and-a-half times Last month the costs took a 70 percent jump. The new war risk rates are the highest quoted by Lloyds since the end of world War II.
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