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TOP DRAFT TELEGRAM DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or_(E) VERBATIM TEXT 7-15-75 Dept. of State letter, By NLT- He , NARS Date A.26.75 PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV NIACT President desires you deliver following note imme- diately to Ben-Gurion. QUOTE Excellency: I have the honor to inform your Excellency that the President of the US has instructed me to inform the Govt of Israel as fols: The Govt of the US is seriously disturbed by the attitude of Israel with respect to a territorial settle- ment in Palestine and to the question of Palestinian refugees, as set forth by the representatives of Israel B at Lausanne in public and private meetings. According to Dr. Eytan, the Israeli Govt will do nothing further about Palestinian refugees at the present time, although it has under consideration certain urgent measures of limited character. In connection with territorial matters, the position taken by Dr. Eytan apparently contemplates not only the retention of all territory now held under military occupation by Israel, which is clearly in excess of the partition boundaries of Nov 29, 1947, but possibly the mop secrum