867N.01/2304
The Egyptian Minister (Hassan) to the Secretary of State 74
Sir: I have the honour to inform you of the following:
“His Majesty the Imam Yehya of Yemen has requested His Excellency Mustapha Nahas Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers of Egypt, and its Minister of Foreign Affairs, to express through him, his and his people’s dissatisfaction and disapproval of the Resolution of the American House of Representatives purporting to create a National Home for the Jews in Palestine.
“His Majesty re-affirms the traditional and firm friendship of the Arabs for the Anglo-Saxon allies, and, therefore, deems it unfair and unjust to usurp the long-established rights of the Arabs in the Holy Places.
“His Majesty, accordingly, has fully empowered Nahas Pasha to protest on his behalf in this matter; and in carrying out this mission, Nahas Pasha renews his hope that the Government of the United States of America will, accordingly, give due consideration to the apprehensions of the whole Arab World in regard to this subject.”
While bringing this matter to the attention of Your Excellency, I avail myself [etc.]
- Copy of text forwarded to President Roosevelt under cover of a memorandum of March 22 in which the Secretary of State said: “We are replying to this note along the lines which you have previously approved.” (867N.01/2291a) For text of reply, see the Secretary’s note to the Egyptian Minister, March 31, p. 598.↩