Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the Defense Minister of Jordan

s/s 6354 DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Are 2-23-25 19,1973. 670 Be NLT HC NARS Date 4-29-76 NATIONAL 321 ARCHIVES AND MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION RECORDS JEERVICE" (s) December 12, 1949 SUB JECT : Jordan's Attitude on Jerusalem and the Palestine Settlemento PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary Fawzi Pasha el Mulki - Jordan Defense Minister ANE - Mr. Stabler COPIES TO: Cairo, Jidda, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Amman, Tel Aviv, Jerusalen, London, CIA, USUN, DRN, NEA, ANE, S/S Problem: The Jordan Defense Minister presented a letter from the King to the President and expressed the views of his Government regarding Jerusalem and Palestine settlement. Action Required None Action Assigned to: Discussion: Fawzi Pasha el Mulki called on me at his request this afternoon in order to present a letter from King Abdullah addressed to the President. In presenting the letter, Fawzi Pasha said the King held the President in high esteem and had great adniration for the United States. I thanked Fawzi Pasha for the letter and said I would bring it to the President's attention. Fawzi Pasha then referred to the Resolution of December 9, 1949 regarding the internationalization of Jerusalen. He stated that the views of his Government had been made known by him to the United Nations. Since the adoption of the Resolution he had not received any further word from the King, but he could assumo that there has been no change of attitude, Fawzi Pasha expressed the hope that the Trusteeship Council would not proceed with its work without taking into account the views of the parties most directly concerned. He thought the situation would be most difficult if the Council should adopt a plan hastily and then find it had no way to implement it. He then CONPIDENTI IAL