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SECRET
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
NLT-HC NARS Date 7-16-75
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
May 28, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Palestine
It has come to our attention that the American
Christian Palestine Committee has written all the mem-
bers of Congress, asking them to write you urging that
now the war in Europe is over, steps be taken to imple-
ment a pro-Zionist policy regarding Palestine with the
aim of opening the country to unrestricted Jewish immi-
gration and creating a Jewish state.
The American Christian Palestine Committee of
which Senator Wagner is the chairman, includes among
its members a number of distinguished non-Jews, both in
Congress and elsewhere, who are interested in reaching
a solution of the Palestine problem along Zionist lines.
We have every reason to believe that a large number of
the members of both Houses of Congress will comply with
the Committee's request and will write you in the sense
indicated above.
In considering this matter, you may wish to bear in
mind the fact that Palestine may be included among the
dependent areas for which a system of trusteeship is being
evolved at San Francisco, and that definite arrangements
regarding specific territories are to be considered later.
You will also recall that there has been a marked growth
of tension in the last few days in the Near East as a re-
sult of the crisis in Syria and Lebanon and renewed out-
breaks of terrorism in Palestine itself. In the circum-
stances it is believed that any action on the part of the
American Government along the lines desired by the American
Christian Palestine Committee would increase the prevailing
tension in the Near East.
Acting Secretary