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.

[671] The Minister in Syria (Keeley) to the Secretary of State

Damascus, May 19, 1949—10 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–1949: Telegram

[672] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 19, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–1949: Telegram

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

Washington, May 19, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–349: Telegram

[674] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 19, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–1949: Telegram

[675] The Minister in Switzerland (Vincent) to the Secretary of State

Bern, May 20, 1949—10 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2049: Telegram

[676] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 20, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2049: Telegram

[677] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 20, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2049: Telegram

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

Jerusalem, May 20, 1949—2 p. m.

867N.01/5–2049: Telegram

[679] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State

[Washington, May 23, 1949.]

867N.01/5–2349

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

Jerusalem, May 23, 1949—1 p. m.

867N.01/5–2349: Telegram

[681] Mr. Mark F. Ethridge to the Secretary of State

Lausanne, May 23, 1949—3 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2349: Telegram

[682] Mr. Mark F. Ethridge to the Secretary of State

Lausanne, May 23, 1949—3 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2349: Telegram

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

Cairo, May 23, 1949—5 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2349: Telegram

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

New York, May 23, 1949—6:35 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2349: Telegram

[685] The Acting Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 23, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2349: Telegram

[686] The Acting Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 23, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–1649: Telegram

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

Amman, May 24, 1949—2 p. m.

867N.01/5–2449: Telegram

[689] The Acting Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 24, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2449: Telegram

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

New York, May 25, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2549: Telegram

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

New York, May 25, 1949—7:05 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2549: Telegram

[692] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State

[Washington, undated.]

501.BB Palestine (E)/11–2349

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

Amman, May 26, 1949—noon.

867N.01/5–2649: Telegram

[695] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

Paris, May 26, 1949—5 p. m.

865C.01/5–2649: Telegram

[696] Mr. Mark F. Ethridge to the Secretary of State

Lausanne, May 26, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2649: Telegram

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

Washington, May 27, 1949—2 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2749: Telegram

[699] The Acting Secretary of State to the Legation in Switzerland

Washington, May 27, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2749: Telegram

[700] The Minister in Switzerland (Vincent) to the Secretary of State

Bern, May 28, 1949—10 a. m.

501.BB Palestine/5–2849: Telegram