Office of the Historian

357.AC/10–1151: Telegram

The United States Representative on the Palestine Conciliation Commission (Palmer) to the Secretary of State 1

secret
priority
Paris, October 11, 1951—1 p. m.

2125. Palun 455. USDel and PCC greatly appreciate and are encouraged by Deptel 2103, October 10.2 USDel is in full agreement Dept’s opinion and expects next mtgs with Israel and Arab dels will show whether mtgs have gone beyond points of usefulness. Fischer informed us this morning Israel Cabinet decision on PCC letter (Palun 453)3 will probably be taken today. We have delayed official mtgs with Arab dels until after receipt Israel reply.4 Meanwhile, USDel believes representations as contained Deptel 2103 wld be useful at this stage, particularly if, as Fischer has indicated, Israel reply will be confined to question of non-aggression declaration and will not deal with question of consideration PCC proposals. We also believe similar representations by French and Turk Govts wld be desirable and, as Dept suggests, will take up question with French and Turk colleagues.

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  1. Repeated for information to Cairo, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Beirut, and Amman.↩
  2. Supra.↩
  3. Not printed, but see footnote 3, p. 889.↩
  4. The text of the Israeli reply, dated October 19, to the Commission’s letter of October 18, was transmitted in telegram 2327 from Paris, Palun 458, October 21, not printed (357.AC/10–2151).↩