NEAR EAST-AFRICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060024-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: March 6, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

~.. 4 MAR 1950
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NEAR EAST-AFRICA
1. JORDAN: Abdullah forced to recall "anti-treaty" Cabinet-
-US Minister Drew in Amman has been informed that. King
Abdullah has been forced to prevail upon ?Tawfiq Pasha to
withdraw his resignation as Prime Minister -(recently sub
mitted in protest against Abdullah's proposed settlement
with Israel). Drew comments that although an eventual
resumption of the Israeli negotiations is not precluded, this
development represents a major setback for the King and
will probably make further attempts on his part to obtain
a settlement much more difficult, Drew's informant ex
pressed the view that the Cabinet's opposition to the King's
proposed settlement resulted from unwillingness to offend
the other Arab League states, whose press and radio had
already begun violent attacks on Jordan. Drew's informant
attributed Abdullah's current difficulties to the King's
insistence on speed in the negotiations, and suggested that
the Cabinet might have found an acceptable formula if given
more time to study 'the matter.
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