Editorial Note
The Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, under the direction of Assistant Secretary of State McGhee, was created effective October 3, 1949. The Division of Near Eastern Affairs ceased to exist and was replaced by the Office of African and Near Eastern Affairs (ANE). Fraser Wilkins, at the same time, became Officer in Charge of Palestine–Israel–Jordan Affairs in the new Office. The Department of State, the following day, released a statement concerning these and other details of its reorganization; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, October 31, 1949, page 677.