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DECLASSIFIED E, Dept. O. 11652, of Sec. ³(E) and S(D) WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL DETACHMENT By NLT. State letter, OF (E) THE WHITE HOUSE HC NARS WASHINGTON, D.C. 24 SEPTEMBER 1948 FROM: ROBERT A. LOVETT, DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO : THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NR : WHITE 97 FILED MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT A RELIABLE NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT HAS T OLD US IN CONFIDENCE THAT THE AMERICAN ZIONIST EMERGENCY COUNCIL ( DR SILVER'S ORGANIZATION ) HAS ENDEAVORED TO PLANT ON HIS PAPER THE STORY THAT BERNADOTTE'S REPORT RELATING TO PALESTINE WAS WRITTEN IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THAT IT WAS TAKEN TO BERNADOTTE BY A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE BRITISH, AND THAT BERNADOTTE USED IT WITH A FEW MINOR CHANGES. ARCHIVES "INATIONAL RECOROS AND SERVICE` THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THIS STORY. IT IS TRUE THAT the REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH BERNADOTTE, THAT WE WERE AWARE OF HIS THINKING, AND THAT HE WAS AWARE OF OURS, AS WERE THE BRITISH AND THE ISRAELIS.