Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

867N.01/1515a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Egypt (Fish)

Washington, April 11, 1939—5 p.m.

19. Please comment by telegraph on a press report that Dr. Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, has arrived in Cairo at the invitation of the Egyptian Government, that the Egyptian Ambassador has brought from London new British proposals for Palestine and that a new conference might be held looking to a settlement of Jewish-Arab differences. The presence in Cairo is also reported of the Emir Feisal⁵³ and Iraq and Palestine delegates.

Hull

53. Eldest son of Ibn Saud; Foreign Minister for Saudi Arabia.