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    "ocrText": "2/2/50\nCONPIDENTIA, MEMORANDUM\nUpon my last visit to Israel, in the middle of\nJanuary, I was received at Rehovot by President and\nMrs. Weizmann, and in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by Prime\nMinister David Ben-Gurion, Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett,\nFinance Minister Kaplan and other members of the Cabinet.\nA.\nGENERAL SITUATION\nPresident and Mrs. Weizmann sent their personal\nand affectionate greetings to the President. Dr. Weizmann\nsaid that he was sending a personal letter to President\nTruman on the existing foreign situation, which he hoped\nthe President would find time to read.\nWhile I was there, Mrs. Weizmann dedicated a beautiful\nrecreation room at the disabled Soldiers Hospital at\nTel-Litwinusky, - near Tel Aviv, in honor of the President's\nmother, Mrs. Martha Truman. Mrs. Weizmann paid warm tribute\nto the President \"as a friend who had never deserted us,\neven in our darkest hours, 11 and whom she hoped would \"long\ncontinue as President\"\nThe main concern of the Israeli government, as con-\nveyed by all cabinet and military officials with whom I\nspoke, is an honorable and permanent peace. The key to\npeace in the Middle East is, of course, Egypt, to whom,\naccording to reliable reports, England is sending large\nshipments of arms including jet planes, tanks, etc.,\n--\nobviously not necessary to maintain internal order in the\ncountry. The only visible object of such planes and tanks\nis Israel.\nThe recent visit of the British Foreign Minister,\nErnest Bevin, to Egypt did not allay Israeli fears of re-\nsumption of war by Egypt. None of the existing inhabitants\nhave forgotten that he said he would stake his career on\n\"settling the Palestine issue\". Documents in the hands of\nIsrael show that the British asked the Italian and Foreign\nambassadors \"how many Jews\" their governments could accept\n\"as refugees\" after the Jews had been driven into the sea.\nThere is, however, every reason for peace between\nEgypt and Israel, -- rather than war. They complement each\nother in the matter of trade, culture and science. The new\nEgyptian Prime Minister Nahas Pash a -- as is known was,\nto put it mildly \"reserved\" about Egyptian aggression against\nIsrael. It is believed he is ready for peace, as is King\nFarouk. Egypt, however, needs a \"face saving\" device --\nassuming that Britain will allow her to make peace with\nIsrael."
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