Both the White House and the State Department today disclaimed any knowledge of a Lebanese foreign Office report that President Truman is sending a special messenger to the Arab rulers in the Middle East to urge the cessation of hostilities in Palestine. Under-Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett and Presidential press secretary Charles G. Rose said they had never heard a word about this.
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