867N.01/5–2746: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Pinkerton) to the Secretary of State
confidential
Jerusalem, May 27,
1946—6 p.m.
[Received 9:32 p.m.]
[Received 9:32 p.m.]
170. In reply to request for comments and suggestions on Anglo-American Committee report (reDeptel May 19, 9 a.m.52). Arab Higher Committee “reject it completely”. They say Arabs of Palestine are “sole people to decide on their fate and they reject any foreign intervention in their country”. They summarize their demands as (1) abolition of mandate, cessation of Jewish immigration and of land sales; (2) establishment of Arab democratic govt and (3) removal of foreign troops. Full text by air mail.
Pinkerton