Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 2

867N.01/7–2648

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Mattison)

[Washington,] July 26, 1948.

Mr. Bromley¹ called to state that he had been requested to inform the Department that the British Government intended to resume the subsidy payments to Transjordan which had been held up because of the “obscure” situation in Palestine. The British Government felt that inasmuch as Transjordan had accepted the truce, and had proved to be cooperative, they could no longer suspend the subsidy payments.

Mr. Bromley said that his Government wished to inform the Department in advance of its intention, before it became a matter of public knowledge.

1. T. E. Bromley, First Secretary of British Embassy.