701.67N11/5–1948
The Acting Secretary of State to Mr. Eliahu Epstein, at Washington
Dear Mr. Epstein: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a telegram dated May 19, 1948, addressed to the Secretary of State, from Moshe Shertok, Foreign Secretary in the Provisional Government of the State of Israel, with regard to the exchange of Missions and Representatives.
It will be appreciated if you will inform Mr. Shertok that the United States Government is giving careful consideration to the exchange of legations and envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary between the United States and Israel and will communicate later with the Provisional Government of Israel on this subject.
In the meantime, the Government of the United States would welcome the establishment in this country of a Mission from Israel headed by Mr. Epstein as Special Representative of the Provisional Government of Israel and is prepared, if agreeable to the Provisional Government, to establish in Israel a Mission headed by a Special Representative of the Government of the United States.1
Sincerely yours,
- Mr. Epstein acknowledged Mr. Lovett’s communication in a letter of June 7 to the Secretary of State, stating that his Government accepted the proposed arrangement, with the expectation that there would be no undue delay in an exchange of legations and envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary (701.67N11/6–748).↩