Editorial Note
The Minutes of the Policy Planning Staff meeting on Saturday, February 14, state in part that “There was a discussion of the position to be taken by Mr. Villard at the National Security Council Staff meeting to be held later this morning on the subject of Palestine. The attached paper was agreed as the position Mr. Viliard should take on the point mentioned.”
The attached paper, dated the same day, reads in full as follows: “The State Department member proposed that, when the United [Page 629] Nations Security Council considers the report of the UN Palestine Commission, the policy of the U.S. should be to adhere to its position of support of the General Assembly resolution on Palestine. The State Department believes that in the absence of pressure from the U.S. Government, there would not be sufficient affirmative votes in the Security Council for its implementation. The U.S. Delegation would be instructed not to exert any such pressure.” (PPS Files, Lot 64 D 543) Henry S. Villard was a Member of the Policy Planning Staff.