the Government did not intend to go {o the Conference with any definite, set plan They believed that every subject should be open to discussion, and thought that only harm would be done if the Government attempted to confine the speeches or suggestions of delegates into one channel, however wide.
He emphasized that they wanted the Arab delegation to be as representative as possible of both moderate and extreme opinions.
Lord Dufferin made it clear that it was not intended to have a Round Table Conference in the first place. although the Government hoped that the discussions would end as such The first method of approach would. be the separate delegations interviewing the Government separately.
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