Interest of the United States in the Arab–Israeli controversy over the future status of Palestine; the issue at the United Nations; creation of the state of Israel; entry of Arab forces into Palestine1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1947, vol. v, pp. 9991328.


[451] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Douglas ) to the Secretary of State

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[452] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations ( Jessup ) to the Secretary of State

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[454] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Douglas ) to the Secretary of State

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[455] The Consul General at Jerusalem ( Macdonald ) to the Secretary of State

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[458] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Douglas ) to the Secretary of State

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[460] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations ( Jessup ) to the Secretary of State

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[461] The Minister in Saudi Arabia ( Childs ) to the Secretary of State

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[462] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

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[465] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Douglas ) to the Secretary of State

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[466] Memorandum by Mr. Gordon P. Merriam, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, to Staff Members

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[469] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Douglas ) to the Secretary of State

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[471] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations ( Jessup ) to the Secretary of State

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[472] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations ( Jessup ) to the Secretary of State

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[473] The Chargé in Egypt ( Patterson ) to the Secretary of State

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[474] The Secretary of State to the United Nations Mediator in Palestine ( Bernadotte ), at Rhodes

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[475] The United Nations Mediator in Palestine ( Bernadotte ) to the Secretary of State

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[476] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

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[477] The Consul General at Jerusalem ( Macdonald ) to the Secretary of State

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[478] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations ( Jessup ) to the Secretary of State

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[480] The Consul General at Jerusalem ( Macdonald ) to the Secretary of State

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  1. A copy of this memorandum was received in the Office of United Nations Affairs on July 14.
  2. A marginal notation indicates that this memorandum was telephoned from New York at 8:50 a. m., July 15.