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TRUMAN
TRUST
AND
DEPARTMENT
1629
REGURNS
IMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 1948
The President yesterday received the following letter from
Eliahu Epstein, Agent, Provisional Government of Israel:
"My dear Mr. President:
I have the honor to notify you that the state of
Israel has been proclaimed as an independent republic within
frontiers approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations
in its Resolution of November 29, 1947, and that a provisional
government has been charged to assume the rights and duties of
government for preserving law and order within the boundaries
of Israel, for defending the state against external agression,
and for discharging the obligations of Israel to the other nations
of the world in accordance with international law. The Act of
Independence will become effective at one minute after six o'clock
on the evening of 14 May 1948, Washington time.
With full knowledge of the deep bond of sympathy which
has existed and has been strengthened over the past thirty years
between the Government of the United States and the Jewish people
of Palestine, I have been authorized by the provisional government
of the new state to tender this message and to express the hope
that your government will recognize and will welcome Israel into
the community of nations.
Very respectfully yours,
/s/ ELIAHU EPSTEIN
Agent
Provisional Government of Israel
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