867N.01/2–446: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Iraq (Schoenrich)
53. “The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry into the question of European Jewry and the Palestine problem was constituted by His Majesty’s Government and the Government of the United States with terms of reference requiring it among other things ‘to consult representative Arabs and Jews on the problems of Palestine’. The Committee has had the advantage of hearing members of the Arab delegations to the United Nations Assembly in London. The Committee proposes to sit in Cairo probably during the first week of March and is inviting the League of Arab States to submit written and oral evidence there. It will also invite representatives of the Arabs of Palestine to appear before it in Jerusalem. The Committee fears that the time at its disposal may not be sufficient to allow it to visit the [Page 580] Arab capitals other than Cairo. The Committee wishes, however, to assure the Governments of Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria and Lebanon that if that Government in addition desires to acquaint the Committee more directly with their views on the question of Palestine the Committee will be happy to receive anyone whom they may designate to represent them before the Committee during its stay in Cairo. Should the Government[s] of Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria and Lebanon decide to be represented in this way they are requested to communicate their intention to the secretary of the Committee at the British Embassy in Cairo.”
Sent to Baghdad, repeated Jidda, Beirut (repeat to Damascus) Cairo, Jerusalem and Aden.