501.BB Palestine/5–1249: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Troutman) to the Secretary of State
433. Palun 150. From PCC. On basis of assurance from Department that US would not sponsor resolution admitting Israel unless satisfactory assurance were given at Lausanne on points in question I told Arab delegation that their first reaction when announcement of sponsorship was made was renewed cynicism and intimation that I had misled them. Their more considered reaction is to feel that certainly Israel must have given more assurance to the State Department than it has given at Lausanne. I also hope very much that is true; otherwise I am afraid that what I say to Arabs in other respects will be discounted. If such assurances were received from Israel I would like most urgently to know what they are.
Am glad to report that Israeli delegates’ attitude since admission has not seemed to change for the worse. Eytan seems as anxious as ever, if not more so, to go ahead with negotiations and to speed them up. [PCC]