357.AC/10–1051: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Representative on the Palestine Conciliation Commission (Palmer), at Paris1
2103. Dept commends warmly the patience and skill PCC has displayed in Paris negots under impetus of your leadership. We feel conference has already proved worth while and will enable PCC submit comprehensive report to GA re current position parties letting chips fall where they may. Believe you will agree however PCC mtg shld not be continued beyond point of usefulness. If in your opinion a stalemate has been reached without likelihood of future progress you may wish to recommend adjournment of conf. If you and your colleagues believe useful purpose wld be served Dept considering requesting US reps Arab states attending conf and Israel convey fol msg to govts to which accredited, and wld also suggest Fr and Turk govts send similar instrs. Dept does not believe stage reached at which useful or advisable for US to make representations to parties on matters of substance.
“1. US regrets parties to PCC negots have not yet seen fit avail themselves of new oppor to make progress toward peace.
2. US believes conf will have served useful purpose by clarifying points at issue and enabling PCC to report fully to GA current positions of parties toward solution of problems at issue between them.
[Page 890]3. US urges govt of blank to give most serious consideration whether present mtg in Paris does not offer it unusual oppor to reach some measure of agreement on some of many outstanding problems. We are confident PCC will exercise all appropriate offices to assist to this end.”
Your comments and suggestions welcome.
- Drafted by Messrs. Waldo and G. L. Jones; cleared with UNP; repeated for information to Tel Aviv, Cairo, Jidda, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Amman, and Ankara.↩