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.

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

Tel Aviv, March 10, 1949—3 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1049: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 11, 1949.

501.BB Palestine/3–1149: Telegram

[524] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin), at New York

Washington, March 11, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–949: Telegram

[525] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Jerusalem

Washington, March 11, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1149: Telegram

[527] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Jerusalem

Washington, March 11, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–249: Telegram

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

New York, March 11, 1949—9:07 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1149: Telegram

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

Amman, March 12, 1949—4 p. m.

867N.01/3–1249: Telegram

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

Amman, March 12, 1949—5 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1249: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 14, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1449: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 16, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1649: Telegram

[535] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Iraq

Washington, March 16, 1949—4 p. m.

867N.01/3–1049: Telegram

[537] Mr. Fraser Wilkins to the Secretary of State

Rhodes, March 17, 1949—12 noon.

501.BB Palestine/3–1849: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 18, 1949—8 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1849: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 18, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–1849: Telegram

[540] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, March 18, 1949—8 p. m.

867N.113/3–1849: Telegram

[541] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Israel

Washington, March 19, 1949—2 p. m.

867N.01/3–1949: Telegram

[542] The Chargé in Transjordan (Stabler) to the Secretary of State

Amman, March 20, 1949—9 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–2049: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, March 21, 1949.

867N.01/3–2149: Airgram

[544] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] March 22, 1949.

501.BB Palestine/3–2249

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

Beirut, March 22, 1949—3 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–2249: Telegram

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

Beirut, March 22, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–2249: Telegram

[547] The Chargé in Transjordan (Stabler) to the Secretary of State

Amman, March 23, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/3–2349: Telegram

[548] The Chargé in Transjordan (Stabler) to the Secretary of State

Amman, March 23, 1949—7 p. m.

501. BB Palestine/3–2349: Telegram

[549] Statement by the President

March 24, 1949

Released by the White House on March 24; reprinted from Department of State Bulletin, April 3, 1949, p. 419.

[550] Memorandum by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] March 24, 1949.

867N.01/12–749