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THE WHITE HOUSE Hopkin WASHINGTON 204 November 22, 1947 mise. SERVICE is MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT GOVERNMENT 20 Secretary Lovett called and said he had talked to General Hilld ring and told him that any instructions he had received from the Department are hereby cancelled. He has told Hilldoring that he and Herschel ''Johnson are to operate independently 85-g and without restraint insofar as the end result agreed upon will be obtained. 88.8 He also told Hilldoring that by no means should the United States be placed in the position of being a lone dissenter. That we have always followed a policy of going along with the majority and should do so in this instance. He also warned Hilldering, however, that we should not if possible sacrifice the gains we have made with the Arabs. The MJC