A large popular meeting was held under the head of Mohammad Fawzi Al-Azm at the Arab Club Hall in Damascus. Prince Faisal gave the opening speech in which he explained the purpose of the American Commission that will arrive and the nature of its mission, The Commission, which lasted for 42 days, visited 36 Arab cities and listened to 1520 delegations from different villages all of them demanded independence and unity. On 3 July 1919, the delegation of the Syrian Conference met with the American Commission and informed them of their request for the independence of Greater Syria and the establishment of a monarchy.