Personal Message from Ernest Bevin to Secretary of State George Marshall

COPY NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDE SERVICE'* PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR MR. MARSHALL FROM MR. BEVIN NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND CORDE SERVICE* Mr. Bevin was much concerned at the views on govers Palestine expressed by the United States Representative at the meeting of the Political Committee of the General Assembly on November 20th. He is convinced that frank and close cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom both as regards the Middle East and many other important fields is essential to the preservation of world peace. He is glad to know that the United States and United Kingdom Delegations in Paris are in touch with each other with a view to seeking some wa.y of overcoming the differences between the two governments, but he fears that unless the United States Delegation is authorised to make a considerable advance from its present position there will inevitably be open disagreement between the two Delegations in the As- sembly on certain vital points, and that they will probably find themselves obliged to vote on different sides. Mr. Bevin would very deeply regret any such development, but he feels bound to maintain the principles which both Governments have publicly endorsed. After long discussion and cooperation between our two governments, it was possible for them both to find a common ground in the shape of support for the Bernadotte proposals. It was only after the United States had announced its sup- port of these proposals that His Majesty's Government like- wise gave them their support and His Majesty's Government have /