Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman

4439 DECLASSIFIED SECRET E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NL-HL NARS Date 7-16-25 DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON June 16, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Palestine. According to information reaching us from Zionist sources at San Francisco, the Zionists desire to con- fer with you in the near future in anticipation of your meeting with Mr. Churchill, as they think it is likely that Palestine will be discussed at that meet- ing. For your information, we are preparing some material for you on Palestine for possible use at the meeting, as we feel that it will be necessary for the British to make some decision regarding that coun- try in the near future. It is not our belief that the question is one which will require detailed discussion, or any decision on your part, during the course of your meeting with Mr. Churchill. It would be most helpful, however, if we could have some idea of the intentions of the British Government with regard to the future of Palestine. The Zionists will undoubtedly give you some memo- rials and some printed matter and will urge that you insist upon a settlement of the question in their favor. You may recall that our basic attitude on Palestine is that it is one of the problems which should come up for settlement after the war through the United Nations Organization, ARCHIVES contract