A State Department spokesman stated today that the trial of the Jews in Cairo and the sentences announced in connection therewith is a matter of internal Egyptian legal process on which the U.S. Government has no comment. “I might add, however,” said the spokesman, “that we have given the subject careful thought and have taken that action which we consider to be appropriate under the circumstances.” No indication was given as to what the “action” mentioned may have been.
(A number of Latin American diplomats at the United Nations were understood to have informed Omar Loutfi, acting chairman of the Egyptian delegation, that the South Americans are shocked by the sentences against the Jews in Cairo and hope the death sentences, at least, will be commuted.)
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