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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 14, 1948
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
TRUMAD
NARA
This Government has been informed that a Jewish state has
been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by
the provisional government thereof.
The United States recognizes the provisional government
as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.