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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 29, 1947.
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT:
As you may recall, there was much unfavorable comment last
April from certain sources about the alleged failure of the United
States Delegation to the Special Session of the United Nations to
carry out your policy on Palestine. Perhaps by taking some steps,
we can anticipate and thus avoid more such criticism before, during,
and after the Fall Session. It might become very damaging in those
areas that gave us trouble last November.
The trouble lies not with your announced policy nor with
the nature of the official United States Delegation. It lies, I
think, with the advisers to the delegation.
I understand that the key advisers on Palestine to the United
States Delegation at the Fall Session will be Loy Henderson and George
Wadsworth. Because both are widely regarded as unsympathetic to the
Jewish viewpoint, much resentment will be engendered when their appoint-
ment is announced and later. Moreover, on the basis of their past
behaviour and attitudes, I frankly doubt that they will vigorously carry
out your policy. But your administration, not they, will be held
responsible.
It may not be feasible to oppose Henderson and Wadsworth as
advisers to the Delegation. In any event, I believe it is most
important that at least one of the advisers be a vigorous and well-informed
individual in whom you, the members of the United States Delegation,
and American Jewry have complete confidence. There is only one person
I know who would fill the bill completely - General Hilldring. As you
know, he is scheduled to leave his position as Assistant Secretary
of
State on the first of September. I respectfully recommend that you ask
him as a matter of urgency to serve as an adviser to the United States
Delegation to insure that your viewpoint is effectively expressed.
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