Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman
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OCR Page 1 of 6DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
December 20, 1949
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
In the Fourth Session of the General Assembly, just concluded,
the position of the United States in the Jerusalem question was to
support the proposals for an international regime for the Jerusalem
area presented by the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission,
of which the United States is a member. The Commission formulated
these proposals in accordance with the instructions given to it by the
General Assembly in 1948, which called for the establishment of a
permanent international regime with maximum local autonomy
With the exception of certain matters specifically reserved to the
authority of the United Nations, the Commission's proposals would have
delegated all normal powers of Government in the Jerusalem area to the
responsible authorities of the Arab and Jewish zones, i.e., the Govern-
ments of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The principal
functions reserved to the international administration were the control
of the Holy Places, the supervision of the demilitarization of the area,
and the protection of human rights in Jerusalem. A joint Council was
provided to facilitate the operation of the City as a whole and an
international tribunal to determine disputes arising under the Statute.
The proposals of the Conciliation Commission represented a middle
ground between the two extreme positions, which were:
REDORDS AND
SERVICE"
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