Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 2

Editorial Note

In telegram 438, April 14, 1:51 p. m., from New York, Mr. Ross sent to Mr. Rusk the informal, written comments of the Jewish Agency on the American 15-point trusteeship program for Palestine. The telegram noted that Mr. Ross had received the comments the night before. At one point in the 14-page telegram, appeared the following Jewish Agency comment: “It is because the very concept of trusteeship is so flagrantly out of accord with the general principles and current realities of the Palestine situation that no improvement of the US proposals can make them a useful starting point in the quest for a political settlement.” (501.BB Palestine/4–1448)