867N.01/1522: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt (Fish) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 24—9:08 a.m.]
42. Referring to my telegram No. 37, April 15, 3 p.m., yesterday the British Ambassador handed to the Egyptian Prime Minister the reply of his Government to the proposals of the Palestine-Arab delegates. I am informed from a usually reliable source that the proposals requested, among other things, a definite guarantee of a predominant Arab state after the 10-year transitional period and that the British reply might prove to be satisfactory to the Prime Minister and some of the delegates who held a meeting last evening.
Further discussions are to be held this week.