U.S. Efforts to Obtain a Settlement Between Egypt and Israel; the Beginnings of Operation Alpha, January 1–August 26, 19551
1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. IX, Part 1, pp. 875 ff.
61. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–155. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha; Limit Distribution. Received at 6:17 a.m., April 2. Repeated to Cairo.
62. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–355. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha. Received at 10:03 p.m. Repeated to London.
63. Telegram From the Consulate General at Jerusalem to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–455. Confidential;Niact. Received at 7:14 a.m. Repeated priority to Tel Aviv and Cairo, and to Amman, Damascus, Beirut, London, and Paris.
65. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–555. Secret; Priority. Received at 4:38 p.m. Repeated priority to Cairo, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, London, and Paris.
66. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 174.84A/4–555. Secret; Priority. Received at 2:56 p.m., April 8. Repeated priority to Cairo, London, Paris, Jerusalem, Amman, Damascus, Beirut, and Baghdad.
67. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–555. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha. Received at 7:18 p.m. Repeated to London.
68. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–555. Secret;Niact. Drafted by Hart and Bergus and approved by Allen, who signed for Dulles. Also sent niact to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Repeated niact to USUN.
69. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–655. Secret; Priority. Received at 7:33 p.m. Repeated to London, Tel Aviv, Paris, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, and Jidda.
70. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State,S/S–NEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Alpha Volume 2. Top Secret; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Addressed also to Murphy,Bowie,Merchant,Allen, and the Executive Secretariat.
71. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–855. Top Secret; Alpha. Received at 12:15 a.m., April 9. Repeated to London.
72. Telegram From the Consulate General at Jerusalem to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684.84A/4–1155. Secret; Priority. Received at 12:05 p.m. Repeated priority to Tel Aviv and. Cairo, and to London and Paris. Repeated to USUN.
73. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1255. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha; Limit Distribution. Received at 5:39 p.m. Sent as telegram 1783 to Cairo, copy pouched to London, April 14. (Ibid.)
74. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1455. Top Secret; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Received at 4 a.m., April 15. Repeated to London.
75. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1455. Top Secret; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Burdett and approved by Russell, who signed for Dulles. Repeated to Cairo and London.
76. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1555. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Received at 12:33 a.m., April 16. Repeated to London and Tel Aviv.
77. Letter From the British Chargé (Scott) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State,S/S–NEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Alpha Volume 3. Top Secret.
78. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–1555. Secret; Priority. Received at 9:32 a.m., April 16. Repeated priority to Cairo, London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
79. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Prime Minister Sharett
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1655. Secret. Transmitted to Tel Aviv in telegram 608, April 16. Repeated to Cairo and pouched to London. (Ibid., 611.84A/4–1655)Lawson delivered the Secretary’s letter to Sharett on the evening of April 20. (Telegram 902 from Tel Aviv, April 21;ibid., 684A.86/4–2155)
80. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–1655. Secret. Drafted by Ludlow on April 15; cleared with Burdett,Hart, and Jernegan; and approved by Popper, who signed for Dulles. Also sent to Tel Aviv,USUN, and Jerusalem.
81. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/4–1555. Top Secret; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Russell and approved by Jernegan, who signed for Dulles. Repeated to London and Tel Aviv.
82. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–2155. Secret. Received at 5:49 a.m., April 22. Repeated to Cairo and London.
83. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–2355. Confidential. Received at 11:23 a.m. Repeated to Cairo, Damascus, Beirut, Jerusalem, London, and Paris.
84. Letter From Francis H. Russell to the Ambassador in Egypt (Byroade)
Source: Department of State,NEA Files: Lot 59 D 518, Alpha—Memos, etc., beginning after 2d London Talks—April 26–June 30, ’55. Top Secret; Alpha.Russell sent a similar letter the same day to Ambassador Lawson in Tel Aviv; a copy isibid.
85. Telegram From the Consulate General at Jerusalem to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–2955. Confidential. Received at 5:22 p.m. Repeated to Cairo, Tel Aviv, London, Paris,USUN, Amman, Beirut, and Damascus.
86. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/5–355. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Russell; cleared with Jernegan; and approved by Russell, who signed for Dulles. Repeated to London.
87. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/5–555. Top Secret; Priority; Alpha; Limit Distribution. Received at 7:53 a.m. Repeated to London and Cairo.
88. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Hoover) to the Secretary of State
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Meetings with the President, Top Secret; Alpha; Limited Distribution.
89. Memorandum From Francis H. Russell to the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur)
Source: Department of State,S/S–NEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Alpha Volume 16. Top Secret; Alpha. Drafted on May 5. No date of transmission is indicated.
90. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/5–555. Top Secret; Alpha. Received at 8:34 p.m. Repeated to London.