Office of the Historian

367n.1141 Sk 5/2: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Kellogg)

Washington, October 18, 1924—2 p.m.

365. American Consul Jerusalem reports that Messrs. Berlin and Pacowsky, Russian nationals who have opted for Palestinian nationality have brought suit against Philip Skora an American in the Magistrate’s Court at Tel-Aviv, which has seized the bank account of Skora for a sufficient sum to meet the judgment. Consul protested to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Palestine who replied that the Palestinian Government had no power by administrative order to remove the attachment. The judgment in this case was handed down by a local court in disregard of the rights of the American Consular Court.

The Department desires you to bring this case to the attention of the Foreign Office and call attention to the position of this Government that, pending conclusion of the proposed agreement between Great Britain and the United States, with reference to Palestine, the capitulatory rights of the United States persist. This Government trusts that appropriate instructions in this matter will be issued to the officials in Palestine.

See Department’s 99 April 15, 2 p.m. and 357 October 13, 7 p.m.22

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