867N.01/11–1945: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Jerusalem (Hooper)
234. Please arrange for immediate transmission to Amir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan of following message from the President:
“I have received Your Highness’ telegram of Sept 29 and have noted that you appear to be under the impression from recent developments that there may have been a change in the policy of the Govt of the US toward Palestine as previously made known to you. In this connection you refer to the letter which I addressed to you under date of May 17 1945 and in which I stated that in the view of this Govt no decision should be taken respecting the basic situation in that country without full consultation with both Arabs and Jews. In assuring you that this remains the policy of this Govt I take this opportunity to send my personal greetings to Your Highness. Signed Harry Truman”
Sent Jerusalem. Repeated London, Cairo, Jidda, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus.41
- Repeated as Nos. 10086, 2137, 333, 340, 369, and 82, respectively.↩