867n.404Wailing Wall/83: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Dawes)

[Paraphrase]

231. Referring to your telegram No. 248, August 28, 4 p.m. Any suggestion that an American cruiser be sent to Palestine has been discouraged by me in the press, on the ground of possibly offending the British authorities which have acted apparently with energy and vigor. Furthermore, no American cruiser is available in European waters. I do not think, under these circumstances, that this Government would wish to consider the dispatch of a cruiser to Palestine unless circumstances arose to make it clear that sending one not only would not be unwelcome to Great Britain but would be strongly desired. No request has been received from the American, Consul General at Jerusalem for any such assistance.

Stimson