ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS NOT STRAINED

Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1949, Page 5

ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS NOT STRAINED

' NEW YORK, Jan. 13. President Trunian denied at a' Eress conference today that. the relations between"Britain and the United btates were strained as a result of the l'alestine crisis. The President turned asid-i most of the questions 011 Fnited Etate.policy on I'alestine by referring to n statement made by the American delc gatc. (Dr. Philip Jessup) at a meeting of the Eecurity Council on Novembei dO. Alr. Jessup then said the Fnited States accepted tlie following princi ples: Firstly, peace sliould be restored in I'alestine; secondly, Israei shoukl Ik admitted to the Fnited Nations; tiiird iiy. Israeli's claims to the boundario laid down in the original United Nations partition plan 011 November 29 1947 houhi be recognised. it was reported from Lgke Sucoss today that there hqs still been no rnove to b'fiiig bet'ore the Securitv Council 1 1 liF' f 0 nip laitit by • is r&el othat Bi'ita^in *i.ii "menaoing" her by troop -movements in the Eastern AEediterranean. The 'Rouncil 's president (General Ale-' Naughton) saiil today that the Israei, letter suggesting that the Council iu vesliggte the situation has- been dist>ribufed to all members and if one of tliem wanted to bring the matter before the Council he could do so. In New York today Dr. A. H. Silver, chairman of the American Zionist Emergency Council, announced that thc Council had called an extraordmarv emergency conference of Jewish leaders for Tuesday next . in New York to devise a programme of nnited action to thwart the "current British pro parations for military interventiijSn against Israei. ' '