Message from Secretary of State George Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Material

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q ARE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL DETACHMENT RECORDS SERVICE" THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D. C. DECLASSIFIED WTE V WHW SECRET E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) WHITE 148 Dept. of State letter, 23.13.1973 011600Z By NLT- He NARS Date 12.1.75 URGENT - PERSONAL AND EYES ONLY FORM LOVETT FROM THE SECRETARY::: PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT: "DULLES RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM DEWEY WEDNESDAY REQUESTING HIM TO MEET DEWEY ON HIS RETURN TO NEW YORK AND BRING HIM UP TO DATE ON DEVELOPMENTS HERE. HE LEAVES SUNDAY FOR QUICK TURN AROUND. DULLES REFERRED THIS MORNING TO REPORTED ARTICLE IN NEW YORK POST THAT THERE WAS A SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US ON PALESTINE, OBSERVING THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY INSPIRED TO FORCE A STATEMENT OUT OF DULLES OR DEWEY. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU F OR RESISTING WHAT I IMAGINE ARE GREAT PRESSURES TO QUALIFY THE STAND I HAVE TAKEN. OVER HERE I AM RECEIVING STRONG IF NOT VIOLENT JEWISH DEMANDS, PARTICULARLY FROM CONGRESSIONAL JEWS AND AT SAME TIME EQUAL PRESSURES INFORMAL PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM ARAB DELEGATES IN CONVENTION ON OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION. THE JEWISH ATTACKS ARE GRADUALLY RESULTING IN MODIFYING THE ARAB RESISTANCE TO THE BERNADOTTE PLAN AS THEY ARE NOT NOW SO CONVINCED THAT I AM TAKING A PURELY PRO-JEWISH STAND. THE OPPOSITE, AND I TRUST EQUAL REACTIONS MAY CANCEL EACH OTHER TO THE LONG SOUGHT SOLUTION" (SIGNED) MARSHALL S FORET