867N.01/10–246: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 2—12:46 p.m.]
8572. Following is text communiqué issued this afternoon by Secretariat Palestine Conference:
“A full meeting of the Palestine Conference was held at Lancaster House this morning. The Conference received a report from the Joint Committee which has been studying the proposals put forward by the Arab delegations. The British delegation indicated that his Majesty’s Government would wish to have further time in which to give full consideration to these proposals and suggested that at this stage the Conference should be adjourned for an interval.
His Majesty’s Government would have wished and the Arab delegations shared this view that the interval should be short in view of the great urgency of reaching a settlement of the Palestine problem. It was recognized, however, that the timetable already arranged for other international meetings would prevent the early resumption of the discussions. Many of the delegates will have to leave London for New York in about two weeks time in order to represent their governments at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Thereafter, the British Foreign Secretary will be occupied for a time with important meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers. In these circumstances, it was agreed that the earliest practicable date on which the Conference could be resumed was 16th December 1946. It was accordingly agreed that the Conference should stand adjourned until that date.[”]