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-4-#383, October 29, from Jidda
any other country in thE world. All thE committees
that have been sent by the British Government to study
the situation in Palestine have confessed this fact
and thE British Government was obliged to Express it
in the White Paper. Therefore, to add any number of
refugees whatsover without consultation with thE Arabs
is a change in thE basic situation, a step which the
Government of thE United States has guarantEEd that it
will not take. Such action will increase thE danger
of thE Palestinian question and will bE a menace to the
PEaCE of the Middle East in general and of the Arab
ccuntries in particular.
The Government of SaudE Arabia asks the Government
of the UnitEd States, that is tied to this country by
thE strongest bonds of friendship, not to take any step
that will bE a menace to pEaCE in the Middle East, revoke
the principles drawn up by thE United Nations and violate
thE guarantees given by President Roosevelt to His
Majesty The King and declared in writing.
ThE Government of Saudi Arabia as it submits this
request to the Government of thE United States of
America has the fullest confidence that it will receive
due consideration
PLAIN
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