Message from Prime Minister Clement Attlee to President Harry S. Truman

COPY Palestine From: Prime Minister Attlee 27 May 1946 To: The President PERSONAL AND (thismage actually was let In your message of the 17th May, you asked me to give you some indication of the subjects which, in the opinion of this Government, should form the basis of discussion between our expert officials. The following list enumerates the various matters on which decisions would be required before the report could be implemented and I think that a full and frank exchange of views between our officials on all these matters would be of great value to both our Government S. Recommendation No. 1. (a) The further efforts to be made by the two Governments in association with other Governments to find new homes for displaced persons generally. (b) The finding of new homes for Jewish displaced persons outside Palestine. (c) The steps that might be taken to secure that practical effect is given in Europe to the provision of the United Nations Charter calling for the "Universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language and religion". Recommendation No. 2 (a) The cost of: (1) Transporting; (2) Temporarily accommodating and maintaining and, (3) Permanently housing the 100,000 Jewish immigrants proposed for admission to Palestine. (b) The Provision of transport. (c) The supply of materials for housing. (d) The capital assets necessary to enable productive work to be found for the immigrants. (e) The financing of this immigration. (f) The rate at which 100,000 immigrants could be absorbed into the economy of Palestine without creating widespread and unemploy- ment. (g) The method of selection of immigrants. DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) FROFUND VOL III P.612 1946 Dept. of State letter, Aug. By NLT- HC , NARS Date 12.1.75