501.BB Palestine/4–2849

Memorandum of Conversation With the President, by the Secretary of State

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Item No. 2—Letter from Dr. Weizmann

The President showed me a letter from Dr. Weizmann,1 a copy of which will come to us today.

The letter referred to a request that we assist by talking with other members of the United Nations on the subject of admission of Israel to the United Nations. The President agreed that Dr. Weizmann’s attitude on refugees was not satisfactory and thought that we were not in a position to bring pressure on other members of the United Nations.

I related to the President my last meeting with Ambassador Elath and Mr. Eban.2

  1. Dated April 26, p. 947.
  2. See Secretary Acheson’s memorandum of conversation, April 26, p. 944.