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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDepr. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973\n-2-\nBy NLT. He 9 NARS Date 7-16-75\nIn reply to this telegram, the Department has re-\nquested Ambassador O'Neal to inform President Roxas that\nthis Government had supported Palestine partition as the\nbest answer to the problem on the basis of a majority\nrecommendation by the United Nations Special Committee on\nPalestine; that the Department considered that United\nNations Members had a right to their own convictions on\nthe subject and had a right to vote in accordance with\nthose convictions; that the way in which a Member voted\nwas not SO important as the maintenance of the freedom\nto vote in accordance with belief; and that it was\nimportant that the solution reached should have the\ngenuine support of a majority of the Assembly of the\nUnited Nations. The United States Delegation at the\nUnited Nations had accordingly publicly stated that this\nGovernment favored the proposed partition of Palestine\nbut had not sought to bring pressure in the matter on\nany Government and does not regard failure by any Govern-\nment to support the plan as an indication of unfriendli-\nness to the United States. These views had been expressed\nto the representatives of the various Governments at the\nUnited Nations. The Department was not able to understand\nthe report from Ambassador Elizalde concerning the atti-\ntude of a \"United States representative\" referred to by\nPresident Roxas and desired additional information and an\nindication of the identity of the person involved.\nThe Department has also requested Ambassador O'Neal\nto inform President Roxas of this Government's surprise\nthat he should have entertained any doubt with regard to\nthe effect which a vote on the Palestine question would\nhave on United States-Philippine relations. He was also\nrequested to indicate this Government's appreciation of\nthe Philippine Government's known desire to cooperate\nwith the United States on major problems.\nThe Department added for Ambassador O'Neal's confi-\ndential information that Ambassador Elizalde's attitude\nmight reflect in part his own estimate of the possible\neffect which an adverse Philippine vote on partition\nmight have on the extension of additional financial\nassistance to the Philippines by the United States Congress.\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDS\nSERVICE\nSEGRET"
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