Office of the Historian

501.BC/7–1847: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Egypt

confidential
Washington, July 18, 1947—8 p. m.

1061. Our UN Delegation has been embarrassed by press statements attributed to members of Egyptian Delegation to effect US has prejudged Anglo-Egyptian case adversely for Egypt. Although Dept does not wish dignify matter by issuing statement here, it would be helpful if Embassy would make appropriate public denial of truth these press allegations and stating that US position has not yet been determined and will not be until question has been discussed in SC.

Telegraph text your statement.1

Marshall
  1. Telegram 878, July 24, from Cairo, transmitted the full text of the statement which was issued to the Egyptian press in Arabic, English, and French on July 23 and was widely and prominently published in all three languages and in every case as issued (501.BB Palestine/7–2447).↩