890D.00/4–849: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Legation in Syria
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174. Pursuant to authority reed from Pres. you are instructed after coordinating arrangements with Brit and Fr colleagues send to Syrian FonOff on Tues Apr 26 or soonest thereafter a note ack[nowledging] [Page 1632] those recd by Leg urtels 215 Apr 8 and 234 Apr 19.1 Fol is suggested draft:
“The Amer Leg presents its compliments to the Syrian Ministry for FonAff and, pursuant to instrs from the United States Government, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Ministry’s note no. S–4 dated April 7, 1949, transmitting a copy of the communiqué issued by the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces in regard to the factors that led to the recent coup d’état in Syria, as well as of the Ministry’s note no. M–6 dated April 18, 1949, informing the Leg that a new Cabinet had been formed and giving the names of the members of the Cabinet.
The Leg has been instructed to inform the Ministry that the United States Govt has noted with satisfaction the public assurances which His Excellency the PriMin, Colonel Husni Zaim, has made affirming the intention of the new Syrian Govt to discharge Syria’s obligations arising out of all treaties and internatl agreements entered into by previous Syrian govts, as well as its attachment to democratic principles and its intention to hold new elections at an early date.
The Leg avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry the assurances of its highest consideration.”
Tel urgently date note delivered.2
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- This
telegram was repeated to London and Paris; copies were sent by
air to other Arab capitals, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv.
Damascus reported, on April 27, that after coordinating with British and French diplomatic representatives, a note “comprising verbatim text suggested in Deptel 174, April 25, delivered Foreign Office 11 o’clock this morning” (telegram 246, 890D.01/4–2749).
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