Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Near East and Africa, Volume V

867N.01/2–2747

Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State¹

[Washington,] February 27, 1947.

Participants:	The Secretary.
	Mr. Henderson, Director, NEA.
	Mr. M. Shertok, Representative in the United States of the Jewish Agency.

Mr. Shertok, a Palestinian citizen and representative in the United States of the Jewish Agency, called upon me today in order to present to me certain views of the Jewish Agency with regard to Palestine. A memorandum left by him with the Department and setting forth the substance of his statements is attached hereto.²

After listening to Mr. Shertok’s remarks, I assured him of the deep interest of the American Government and of myself in this matter. I told him that I could, of course, make no commitments at this time with regard to Palestine, that I had not even as yet had an opportunity to talk with Mr. Bevin, that I expected to see Mr. Bevin in Moscow, and that if, during the course of our conversations in Moscow, the problem of Palestine should arise,³ I was sure that the statements which Mr. Shertok had made to me would be helpful.

1. Drafted by Mr. Henderson.
2. Not printed.
3. No documentation has been found in Department of State files to indicate that the problem of Palestine was discussed at the Moscow meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers.