784.02/6–1950: Telegram
The Ambassador in Egypt (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
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664. Azzam Pasha states text of compromise formula re Jordan as given below is authentic.
Whereas the Arab states have declared their adherence to the Arabism and independence of Palestine and to the integrity of its territories in realization its peoples legitimate wishes, and have rejected every solution based on its partition, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan therefore declares that the annexation of a part of Palestine only an expediency dictated by factual necessities, and that Jordan will preserve that part as a trust pending the final settlement of the Palestine problem when the other parts shall have been liberated and restored to their pre-aggression status, and that it will accept our unanimous decision made by the other member states of the League, thereby realizing the objectives aimed at by the Arab States in their previous resolutions tending to preserve the entity of Palestine.
[Page 935]Department pass Tel Aviv, Beirut, Damascus, Jidda, Amman, Jerusalem, Baghdad, sent Department 664, repeated info London 76, Tel Aviv 71, Damascus 47, Jidda 54, Amman 52, Jerusalem 23, Baghdad 68, Beirut 57.