Office of the Historian

Interest of the United States in the Arab-Israeli controversy over the future status of Palestine; armistice agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors; unsuccessful attempts to attain a final peace settlement in the area1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. v, Part 2, pp. 533 ff.

[461] The Secretary of State to the United Nations Acting Mediator for Palestine (Bunche), at Rhodes

Washington, February 11, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1149: Telegram

[462] Mr. Wells Stabler to the Secretary of State

Amman, February 12, 1949—9 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1249: Telegram

[463] The Consul at Jerusalem (Burdett) to the Secretary of State

Jerusalem, February 12, 1949—10 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1249: Telegram

[464] The Consul at Jerusalem (Burdett) to the Secretary of State

Jerusalem, February 12, 1949—2 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1249: Telegram

[465] Ambassador Stanton Griffis to the Secretary of State

Cairo, February 13, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1349: Telegram

[468] The Chargé in Egypt (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

Cairo, February 15, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1549: Telegram

[469] The Special Representative of the United States in Israel (McDonald) to the Secretary of State

Tel Aviv, February 15, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1549: Telegram

[472] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State

New York, February 18, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1849: Telegram

[473] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General in Jerusalem

Washington, February 18, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–349: Telegram

[474] The Chargé in Iraq (Dorsz) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, February 19, 1949—8 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–1949: Telegram

[475] The Chargé in Iraq (Dorsz) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, February 20, 1949—noon.

501.BB Palestine/2–2049: Telegram

[476] The Secretary of State to the Egyptian Ambassador (Rahim)

Washington, February 21, 1949.

501.BB Palestine/2–449

[477] The Special Representative of the United States in Israel (McDonald) to the Secretary of State

Tel Aviv, February 21, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2149: Telegram

[478] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Egypt

Washington, February 21, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2149: Telegram

[480] The Chargé in Egypt (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

Cairo, February 22, 1949—2 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2249: Telegram

[481] Statement by the President

February 24, 1949

Released to the press by the White House on February 24; reprinted from Department of State Bulletin, March 6, 1949, p. 302.

[484] The Minister in Lebanon (Pinkerton) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, February 24, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2449: Telegram

[485] Mr. Wells Stabler to the Secretary of State

Amman, February 24, 1949—5 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2449: Telegram

[486] The Chargé in Egypt (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

Cairo, February 24, 1949—9 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2449: Telegram

[488] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Syria

Washington, February 25, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–949: Telegram

[489] The Secretary of State to Ambassador Stanton Griffis, at Beirut

Washington, February 25, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2549: Telegram

[490] The Consul at Jerusalem (Burdett) to the Secretary of State

Jerusalem, February 26, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/2–2649: Telegram