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THINKS
U.S.
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR PELEASE
August 16, 1946
CAUTION: The following MUST BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE until
released.
NOTE:
Release is automatic at 2:30 P.M., , EASTERN STANDARD TIME,
TODAY, Aug st 16, 1946. The same time of release applies to radio
commentate and news broadcasters.
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE PUBLICATION AND RADIO
ANNOUNCEIENT.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
Although the President has been exchanging views with
Mr. Attlee on the subject, this Government has not presented any
plan of its own for the solution of the problem of Palestine.
It is the sincere hope of the President, however, that as a result
of the proposed conversations between the British Government and
Jewish and Arab representatives a fair solution of the problem of
Palestino can be found and innediate steps can be taken to alleviate
the situation of the displaced Jews in Europe. It is clear that no
settlement of the Palestine problem can be achieved which will be
fully satisfactory to all of the parties concerned and that if this
problem is to be solved in a manner which will bring peace and
prosperity to Palestine, it must be approached in a spirit of
conciliation,
It is also evident that the solution of the Palestine
question will not in itself solve the broader problem of the hundreds
of thousands of displaced persons in Europe. The President has been
giving this problem his special attention and hopes that arrangements
can be entered into which will make it possible for various countries,
including the United States, to admit many of these persons as
permanent residents. The President on his part is conteiplating
seeking the approval of Congress for special legislation authorizing
the entry into the United States of a fixed number of these persons,
including Jews.