867N.01/7–2646: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
urgent
[Received July 26—8:11 a.m.]
7030. For the Secretary from Grady. Constitutional proposals are the plan for provincial autonomy. It is not intended that start of movement of 100,000 shall be delayed until these provisions are actually put into effect but as is stated in second sentence of section 19 “we recommend that this plan (that is, outline plan for movement of 100,000 Jews to Palestine) be initiated immediately it is decided to put the constitutional proposals into effect.” Paragraph 19 should be read with careful consideration of paragraphs 31, 32 and 33. Since receipt your telegram No. 5633 of July 25, 7 p.m.,18 I have again consulted [Page 670] Brook and there is not the slightest doubt that the British Government will give the green light on the 100,000 at the earliest possible moment. They do not expect formal approval of the plan from either side but are counting on “a measure of acquiescence from Arabs and Jews” and feel that it has been understood by both our Governments from the beginning that consultation and a measure of acquiescence from both is an essential preliminary to their expressing determination to go ahead with the whole plan including the 100,000. As soon as they have decided to go ahead with the plan they will at once implement the movement of the 100,000. [Grady.]
- Not printed; it stated that because of garbles in Section 19 of telegram 6970, July 24, when first received in the Department, “we still not sure when movement 100,000 to begin. We sincerely hope this movement to start immediately after two Govts have reached over-all agreement. It would place this Govt in almost impossible position if it would agree arrangement whereby transfer would not begin until after full agreement had been reached with Arabs and Jews or, in absence such agreement, until action had been taken by United Nations.” (867N.01/7–2446)↩