Contents

• Preface
• List of Abbreviations and Symbols
• The Near East
  • Multilateral Relations:
    • Interest of the United States in the Arab-Zionist controversy over the future status of Palestine; the issue at the United Nations; creation of the state of Israel; entry of Arab forces into Palestine
    • United States economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
    • Interest of the United States in the security of the Eastern Mediterranean and of the Middle East
    • Participation of the United States in the development of the petroleum resources of the Near East
    • Aftermath of the “Pentagon Talks of 1947” between the United States and the United Kingdom concerning the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean
    • Information policy of the United States concerning the Arab states; the question of cooperation in this field with the United Kingdom
  • Egypt:
    • Interest of the United States in the revision of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of August 26, 1936, and the future status of the Sudan; the Soviet-Egyptian barter agreement
  • Greece
  • Iran:
    • Concern of the United States with the hostile attitude of the Soviet Union toward Iran; political support of Iran by the United States; the question of United States military and economic aid to Iran
  • Iraq:
    • Interest of the United States in the negotiations between the United Kingdom and Iraq to revise the British-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance of June 30, 1930; the question of economic assistance to Iraq
  • Israel
  • Saudi Arabia:
    • Interest of the United States in the questions of economic and military assistance to Saudi Arabia, renewal of United States tenancy at the Dhahran airfield, and the proposed treaty of alliance between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
  • Turkey
• South Asia:
  • Multilateral Relations:
    • Participation of the United States in efforts to resolve the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Hyderabad
    • Interest of the United States in resolving the dispute between Afghanistan and Iran regarding distribution of the waters of the Helmand River
    • Interest of the United States in preserving peaceful relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan regarding the status of the North-West Frontier Province and the Tribal Areas
  • Afghanistan:
    • Discussion with Afghanistan concerning Afghan requests for financial assistance and provision of military equipment; elevation of the American Legation in Afghanistan to the status of Embassy
  • India:
    • Discussion between the United States and India concerning India’s attitudes toward the United States and the Soviet Union, and Indian requests for financial and military aid
• Africa:
  • French North Africa:
    • United States policy with regard to French North Africa
  • Liberia:
    • Interest of the United States in maintaining limited operational control over Roberts Field
  • Union of South Africa:
    • United States relations with the Union of South Africa
• Index