501.BB Palestine/3–948: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Jerusalem
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Washington, March 9,
1948—6 p. m.
172. Please explain to Khalidi the following points and urge him to reconsider decision mentioned in urtel 271, March 8:1
- (1)
- The US Govt’s interpretation of the SC resolution is that it refers to peaceful implementation;
- (2)
- Under SC resolution consultations envisaged are informal and between the Big 5, who may wish to inquire attitudes of people of Palestine on situation there. Therefore, AHC should not be unduly concerned with reference to implementing resolution of GA.
Understand Nakhleh telephoning Cairo to request permission to participate in informal consultations and hope your representations to AHC will convince them of great desirability in Arabs’ own interest in these consultations.
Sent to Jerusalem as 172; repeated to Cairo as 279; Baghdad as 74; Jidda as 70; Beirut as 99; and Damascus as 52. USUN as 128.
Marshall