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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)
State Department Briefs Files
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Stuart, John Leighton, 1876-1962
Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1948-1967
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
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WASHINGTON
July 16, 1948
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
PALESTINE
Two leading Arab representatives have informed our
Charge in Damascus that the Arab states will disregard
any Security Council cease-fire order. They stated that while the
Arabs might be defeated, nothing could break the "spirit and honor"
of the Arab nation, which will oppose Zionism "forever". Meanwhile
our Embassy in Cairo reports evidence that the crisis within the Arab
League over the role of King Abdullah of Transjordan has been resolved
and the decision apparently reached to continue resistance in Palestine
with renewed vigor.
The British representative in Amman has expressed the
view that if the Arab leaders do not accept the truce extension soon,
the Arab war effort in Palestine will collapse and there will be gen-
eral disorders within the Arab states. However, both the Transjordan
King and Prime Minister had expressed the hope to him that the Security
Council would act "soon and strongly".
CHINA
Ambassador Stuart reports a conversation between the
Soviet Ambassador and the Chinese Minister of Interior
which he believes suggests that (1) the Soviets are concerned over
the extent to which US aid will bolster the Chinese Government, (2)
the Chinese Communists are actually weaker than would appear on the
surface, (3) the USSR will continue to propose Soviet assistance as
mediator in the Chinese civil war, either singly or jointly with the
US.
DECLASSIFIED
State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
NARS, Date 11-13-to
By NLT- He