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INFORMATION DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS COPY TELEGRAPH BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE X OUTGOING TELEGRAM M Origin: UNA TOP Inform URGENT 165 SS C @ Control 1245 G EUR Herob 5, 1948 NEA 3 D.M. I uses E. YORK NIACT107 Careful review hes been arde of draft statement on United Nations responsibility for Palestine es of May 15, 1948 and of your 242, March 4. It in our opinion that the essential factor in Security Council's consideration of Palestine problem is whether or not Council will accept plan of partition with economic union recommended by General issembly last Nov. 29. This question is posed specifically to Council in Fax. 1 of us Rea. of Feb. 25. You again laid stress on this essential question in your remarks to Council on March 2. Re had thought it preferable to bring this issue to sharp focue in the vote today on US Bec. of Feb. 25 and Belgian amendment seeking to delete Farm. 1 of that res. dated Feb. 27. Honever, following telephone conversations with USUN we defer to your judgment that it is escential for Council's conciliatory machinery to be used before final decision is taken. lie shall be guided by your opinion that issue will mature more naturally in a week or ten days' time and that the concilintory machinery of the Council will result in showing beyond any doubt whatsoever DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 7-15:23 TOP SECRET Dept. of State letter, By NLT- He NARS Date £2695