Telegram from William C. Burdett, Jr., to Secretary of State Dean Acheson
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OCR Page 1 of 4INCOMING TELEGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF RECORDS
TEEZGRAPH BRANCH
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Rec'd April 9, 1949
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7:09 p.m.
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FROM: Jerusalem
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Secretary of State
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274, Aprill 9, 10 a.m.
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On April 7, PCC had 2/2 hour meeting with Israeli Prime
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Minister Ben-Gurion and his aides. Discussion revolved
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around (1) general and specific instructions contained
in GA resolution December 11; (2) Beirut meeting with
Arab states : (3) date and place of further meeting between
Arab states, Israel and PCC .
Discussion revealed, in general, that (1) Prime Minister
was willing to send Israeli representatives to some
neutral place such as Switzerland or Italy where Arab
representatives would also be present for talks either
separately or jointly and either through PCC or directly
beginning April 26. Prime Minister would consult his
government and give definite answer before April 12;
(2) Prime Minister was unable to make any commitment
regarding refugees prior to peace settlement during which
question would be discussed and toward solution of which
Israel would contribute what it could; (3) Prime Minister
was unable to accept principle of Internationalizatior
of Jerusalem area as envisaged in paragraph 8 GA
resolution December 11 and intended to argue case before
GA in September. International supervision of holy
places was accentable.
Yalcin as PCC chairman opened discussion emphasizing
PCC task under general instructions regarding concilia-
tion and specific instructions regarding Jerusalem and
refugees. Before Beirut meeting Arabs had wished to
make talks with Israel contingent on prior solution for
refugee question. At Beirut PCC had been able to
persuade Arabs to continue talks at early date at neutral
place without advance commitment regarding refugees. PCC
had already
E. O. 116 2, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
DECLASSIFIED
7-15-75
CONT
of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
By D.P NLT-HC ; NARS Date P.26.75
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