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...Wonderful!" cried Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League, when he heard the news of the U.S. decision. Then he added more soberly that the Arabs would settle for nothing less than a full Zionist surrender. Said he: "I am afraid the Zionists will lose their heads. ... If the Jews fight, we will accept the challenge...
Last week King Ibn Saud, feeling sorry for his guests, sent each Arab League delegate a hand-picked bondmaiden from his harem. Conscientious, westernized Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League and head of the delegation, politely but firmly declined the offer. Said Azzam Pasha: "It would keep the delegates' minds off the purpose of their mission...
...Cairo a Saudi Arabian official saw Azzam Pasha's statement in the press, defended Ibn Saud's gift. "Why, this is a fine old Bedouin custom," he said...
...decided not to use their national armies in a war against Zionists. But they would support a volunteer "People's Army" with recruits, supplies and arms. Britain considered banning arms shipments (as the U.S. did last fortnight) to either Jews or Arabs in Palestine. Arab League Secretary-General Azzam Pasha, who had to stay in bed with a cold during the League meetings last week, was confident that the Arabs would find arms. From his sickbed, his lank form swathed in white-&-orange striped flannel pajamas, Azzam Pasha told a TIME correspondent: "When you are living among rogues...
...year-old League secretary is known for his broader outlook and cooler counsels among Arab hotheads. A member of the Azzazimah tribes which are scattered throughout the Arab world, Azzam Pasha has made a lifelong career of Arab nationalism. "In the Middle East," said one fellow Egyptian last week, "where everyone is someone's vassal, Azzam has no master...