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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
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Bernadotte, Folke, 1895-1948
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1948-1967
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY the WASHINGTON August 27, 1948 T SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS PALESTINE Count Bernadotte has informed our Embassy in Stockholm that he feels the Palestine problem must come before the General Assembly since only a resolution similar to that of last November will induce the Arabs to accept the Jewish state. Bernadotte prefers not to submit his recommendations to the Security Council, where the USSR would use its veto in deference to the Jews who seek greater territory than is granted them in his proposals. An Arab representative in London has expressed the view that "acquiescence" in the Jewish state is the most that can be expected from the Arabs for "at least a year". He does not believe that any present Arab government could, in view of inflamed Arab passions, afford to negotiate with Israel even if this were demanded by the UN. INDONESIA Our representatives in Batavia report that the disinte- gration of the Indonesian Republican government is increas- ing rapidly and that the government cannot be expected to last more than a few weeks unless it is given an opportunity to resume negotiations with the Dutch on the basis of the Renville agreements. Some local officials believe that the government cannot remain in power in any case and that revolution may break out in Republican areas in the near future. It is considered certain that any successor government would be leftist. GREECE Embassy Athens reports that most of the Greek guerrillas have succeeded in withdrawing in good order into Albania, their morale and general condition is satisfactory, and their capabili- ties include early reinfiltration into Greece. The Greeks are discour- aged over this prospect and pessimistic about the possibilities of any effective UN action. While our Embassy is sure the Greek government intends to take no action against the Soviet satellites, it fears that without some strong diplomatic move against Albania in particular the Greek forces might be provoked into some outright military measure. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 By NLT- we NARS, Date 11-13-to