Office of the Historian

867N.01/10–2845: Telegram

The Chargé in Syria (Porter) to the Secretary of State

Damascus, October 28, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received October 29—10:05 a.m.]

76. At Foreign Office this morning where I called at Prime Minister’s request, latter stated his Govt is much embarrassed at premature publication in Iraqi press on October 26 of texts of Roosevelt–Kuwatly letters.95 He said that after my suggestion on October 24 that publication be held up pending receipt Dept’s views, he had telegraphed Syrian Missions abroad instructing no publication until further notice. He deeply regrets this slip and hopes Dept will accept his apologies. With reference Dept’s 72, October 26, decoded after this interview, he gave me to understand that Syrians desired [Page 802] publication merely as proof they, like Saud96 and Abdullah,97 had not failed to bring their views on Palestine to our attention.

Porter
  1. President Kuwatley’s letter of March 11 not printed; see footnote 39, p. 692. For President Roosevelt’s letter of April 12, see p. 703.↩
  2. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia.↩
  3. Amir Abdullah of Transjordan.↩