867N.01/10–1944: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Pinkerton) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:12 p.m.]
153. Arab reaction to recent American statements on Palestine19 has been heretofore restricted to rather mild newspaper editorials and private conversations protesting against them. There have been no organized protests. Yesterday afternoon, however, Arab Chamber of Commerce canceled appointment with Culbertson Mission20 members now visiting Palestine and said, “We would like this action of the Chamber to be read as a protest against the President’s pronouncement, and as a sign of our unlimited disappointment.” Mission left this morning for Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jaffa where it expects to meet Jewish and Arab organizations and upon its return I will report as to its reception in those cities. Mr. Culbertson himself has not yet arrived in Palestine.
- See letter from President Roosevelt to Senator Wagner, October 15, supra; for statements by Governor Thomas E. Dewey and others, see footnotes 21 and 24, pp. 617 and 618, respectively.↩
- For correspondence regarding the Special Economic Mission to the Middle East, headed by William S. Culbertson, see pp. 38 ff.↩