Office of the Historian

189. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State1

Tel Aviv, March 4, 1957—2 p.m.

1022. Foreign Ministry official telephoned Embassy at 1:00 p.m. local time to say Ben Gurion has decided to withdraw, and Dayan has been instructed meet Burns earliest opportunity to discuss details. He has already cabled Burns asking for meeting.

Official added that while decision will be announced this afternoon, Ben Gurion’s address to Knesset, earlier scheduled for today, has been postponed until tomorrow.

Lawson
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–457. Confidential; Niact. Received at 7:28 a.m.↩