Office of the Historian

501.BB Palestine/10–1548: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

secret
Paris, October 15, 1948—11 p. m.

Delga 350. Next following telegram1 contains text of draft Palestine resolution representing culmination numerous discussions Bunche and Beeley, taking fully into account Department and FonOff views and reflecting agreement definitive text staff level.2 Beeley telegraphing text tonight London for final clearance. We plan present text to delegation early next week and for this purpose would greatly appreciate any further Department comments not later than Tuesday, sooner if possible. Suggest Department not seek top-level clearance before delegation consideration. Commentary this text follows Saturday.

Marshall
  1. Infra.↩
  2. The United States Delegation at Paris had transmitted to the Department on October 6 a draft resolution which had the concurrence of the British Delegation. On October 11 the United States Delegation forwarded to the Department a draft resolution prepared by Acting United Nations Mediator Ralph Bunche. The Department’s views were transmitted to Paris on October 13. After further consultation with Bunche and the British on the same day, the United States Delegation submitted to Washington a revised draft resolution, on which the Department commented two days later. (501.BB Palestine/10–648, /10–1148, and /10–1348.)↩