Confidential U.S. state department central files [mikroform] : Palestine United Nations activities, 1945-1949 : Decimal numbers 501.BB Palestine and 501.MA Palestine.
Confidential U.S. state department central files
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
M/0323-11
Eser Adının Farklı Biçimi
Palestine United activities, 1945-1949
Yayın Bilgisi
Frederick, MD : University Puclications of America (UPA), [t.y.]
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 mikrofilm makarası (992 poz) : pozitif ; 35 mm.
Genel Not
Bu seri 14 makaradan oluşmaktadır.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Mikrofilmin indeksi A.VIII/2032 yer numarasında kayıtlıdır.
İçindekiler Notu
► International conferences cont. -- 0001 : Jewish national fund announces plans to reclaim 25,000 acres of neglected Arab-owned land in Israel over next three years. This year, 198 new settlements will be established and Arab owners will be reimbursed. Nationalist China recognizes Israel and Transjordan. Israel-Lebanon talks are held. UN Palestine committee invites Arab government to a meeting to discuss Palestinian refugees and permanent Arab peace with Israel. Dr. Bayard Dodge, president emeritus of American University, reports that Arab refugees number 873,000. Jewish immigrants from Shanghai, China, sail for Israel from New York. Israel Transjordan talks are held. Dr. Olga P. Fernberg of joint distribution committee reports that 4,000 Jews who fled from Yemen to Aden in 1947 will be transferred to Israel. Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok says the British troops in Aqaba, Transjordan, are threat to peace. Israeli foreign minister Moshe Shertok changes his last name to Sharett, which means "servant" in Hebrew. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announces Israel's domestic plan.Immigration will be doubled and national center will be located in modern Jerusalem. Mapam refuses to join first Israeli cabinet. Arab legion and Israel forces skirmish in southern Negeb near Aqaba, Transjordan. British voice their concern concerning Israel's holding territory in Negeb only two miles from Aqaba. Israel completes occupation of Negeb; Jews declare they had not and would not invade Transjordan territory. Israel and Transjordan sign cease-fire agreement. Ban on fighting is made permanent and is to be policed by UN regardless of whether the two countries reach full armistice. Truce does not affect Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm "triangle" which is held by Iraq troops in north central Palestine. British say they will strengthen garrison in Aqaba, Transjordan. Austria recognizes Israel.Refugee report shows following population numbers: Lebanon-100,000 to 105,000; Syria-85,000 to 100,000; Transjordan-85,000; Iraq-5,000; Egypt-8,000 to 10,000; North Palestine-230,000; and South Palestine-225,000. (Numbers for Palestine only cover areas under Arab occupation). Israel and Transjordan agree that armistice lines in Jerusalem will be based on November 30 truce. Jews will control modern Jerusalem. Arabs will control old Jerusalem. Private relief agencies working in Middle East meet. They complain that UNRPR is not using enough of already existing personnel and services; instead, UNRPR is struggling to set up its own agencies. Private relief agencies also complain about lack of recognition by UN. Cuba recognizes Israel. Transjordan asks for reinforcement of Aqaba by British. UN mediator Ralph Bunche reports that Syria has agreed to negotiate with Israel. Israel threatens to break off negotiations if British continue to meddle in Negeb.American Appeal for the Holy Land reports relief aid for refugees is hampered by lack of coordination between UN agency and volunteer agencies. The volunteer agencies complain they spent money on food, money which should have gone to social services. Lebanon and Israel sign armistice. UN mediator Ralph Bunche reports to the UN that both Syria and Transjordan violated truce by troop movements in Aqaba area. In New York Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin of Britain is picketed by Israeli sympathizers representing Joint Committee to Combat Anti-Semitism. Brigadier General Husni al Zaim becomes president of Syria. Minister of foreign affairs Amir Arslan resigns. Arslan had opposed "soft" attitude toward Israel, March 1949.
► 0068 : Philippines recognizes Israel. Israel and Transjordan sign armistice. Both sides are bound to decide issues with no aggression. Arab Legion will replace Iraqi army in north-central Palestine. There will be neutral zone between two countries, except Aqaba, where number of forces will remain the same. Committee of Arabs and Jews will work for peace with help from UN security council. Jews will control modern Jerusalem, and Arabs will control old Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and central Palestine. Dead Sea will be divided in half. There will be free travel on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway and Jerusalem-Bethlehem highway. Jerusalem's water supply from Latrun, Palestine, which was cut by the Arabs, will be restored. Jews control Hadera-Afula road, northwest of Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm. Syria-Israel talks begin. Dr. Mordecai Eliash, Israel's first minister to Britain, arrives in London. Syria charges that Israeli soldiers violated the border near meeting site. Mexico recognizes Israel. Syrians boycott talks. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel reports Israeli troops have been withdrawn from Syria. UN decides to delay Israel's admittance to UN; Israel still opposes an international Jerusalem. Israel-Syria cease-fire begins. Pope Pius XII asks Catholic nations in UN to support an international Jerusalem and all othersacred places in Holy Land. Pope is concerned about freedom of Catholics and Christians in Palestine. Truce permits Jews to visit old city for Passover. Some Christians are cleared to make Good Friday pilgrimage to Calvary. Syrian prime minister Muhsin al Barazi forms new Syrian cabinet. Barazi favors friendship with west, especially with U.S. Egypt settles with Transjordan. Egypt had opposed Transjordan's plan to annex Arab Palestine. Rabbi Stephen Wise dies. Israeli president Chaim Weizmann visits President Truman. He says Israel would welcome Arab refugees back if they did not have aggressive intentions. Transjordan is now called the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom; it is referred to as Jordan. UN Palestine conciliation committee opens its settlement conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Israeli president Chaim Weizmann meets with Francis Cardinal Spellman. Israel still opposes UN administration of Jerusalem. Walter Etlan of the Israel Foreign Office says Arab displaced persons are an international project, April 1949.
► 0257 : As Jordan's Arab Legion withdraws there is an Arab-Jewish skirmish in Jerusalem. Syrian ban on travel and business by Jews is lifted. Israel celebrates first anniversary of Legislative Council's first meeting. Israel tells UN that Israel should not have to give up any land beyond boundaries of partition because partition resolution was based upon peaceful implementation, and has been erased by Arab revolts and invasion. They also say that refugee problem is the result of the Arab invasion. After most of Arab population evacuated Israel, its ethnic pattern and economic structure changed. Israel cannot take a double burden of Jewish immigration and a return of Arab refugees. Compensation to Arabs must be limited, because Israel cannot afford a large compensation plan. Jordan cabinet admits three Palestinian Arabs. Jews still resist an international Jerusalem; Arabs are upset about Jewish opposition. Israel joins UN. Conditions of admittance include compliance of resolutions 181 and 194. Zionist general council closes its session. A budget for resettlement and relief of refugees was adopted. Syria and Israel break off armistice negotiations after Syria's refusal to withdraw troops from Mishmar Hay Yaiden, a frontier town in northeast Galilee captured by Israel. Canada recognizes Israel. Foreign minister reports Lebanon will not be able to take many refugees because of unemployment problem there. Arabs at Lausanne, Switzerland, demand that Absentee Act be abrogated to allow owners of groves and grove workers to return. They are concerned about damage to citrus groves. France recognizes Israel. Israel and Poland reach trade agreement. UN headquarters in Haifa, Palestine, is broken into; documents are taken, as well as envelopes addressed to Lausanne and files appear to have been rifled. Britain agrees to allow Israel to spend $14 million of Jewish assets frozen in Britain since 1948, May 1949.
► 0660 : At Lausanne, Switzerland, the refugee population numbers in each country are reported: Syria-60,000; Lebanon-100,000; Iraq-5,000; Egypt-15,000; Jordan-0; Gaza region-140,000; and the region in the Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm "triangle"-180,000. Indirect Israel-Arab peace negotiations through the UN Palestine conciliation committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, deadlock. U.S. demands that Israel relax its stand on return of Arab refugees and give Arabs land to compensate for Israeli gains in excess of partition plan. Israel demands that U.S. use economic pressure to force Arabs to discuss all issues concerning Palestine, not only Arab refugee problem. The Bank of America gives loan to be used to compensate Arabs who fled. UN mediator Ralph Bunche advises British not to resume sending arms to the Arabs until it is cleared with security council. He points out that ban on weapons in Middle East is still in effect. Senate expenditures subcommittee blames international organization and nations of the world for failing to resettle more than 700,000 displaced persons still in Europe. They say that the problem will never be solved until immigration curbs are ended. Britain announces it will resume sending arms to Arab states. League of Red Cross Societies reports that more than $1 million of UN relief funds for Middle East refugees were wasted in excess profits for middlemen dealing in relief supplies. Israel resists U.S. pressure to break deadlock in UN Palestine Conciliation Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. Arabs want to discuss refugee problem before discussing peace terms. They request that Israel admit some of the 560,000 to 800,000 Arab refugees. Major Aubrey Eban, of Israeli delegation to UN, protests British resumption of arms shipments to Arabs. The Baghdad Arabic Radio reports the war in Palestine will be resumed shortly. Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok of Israel speaks to Knesset: UN partition plan as well as internationalization of Jerusalem is void because Arabs attacked Israel; Israel should not give up any land that is in excess of partition plan.Arabs are trying to gain land politically because they could not gain land militarily; if Arab refugees are allowed to return before peace settlement, refugees could form army.Israel wants to obtain territory in Gaza from Egypt if 230,000 Arab refugees are readmitted to area; Syria wants more land on the Syrian-Israeli frontier near Galilee, a term Israel will never concede to. At UN, Israel continues its opposition. U.S. delegate Mark Ethridge wants Israel to admit 230,000 Arabs immediately. Arabs attack Jews in territory Israel gained from Jordan northeast of Jerusalem. UN secretary general Trygve Lie advances $1 million of UN funds to continue operations of UNRPR. UN is now helping 940,000 Palestinian Arabs. Rabbi Nathan Wise writes to President Truman, criticizing "Perfidious Albion," his name for Great Britain. He warns U.S. not to be deluded by Great Britain: Britain supplied arms to Arabs and used anti-Israel propaganda; failure of Lausanne Conference was caused by British. Leonard R. Cowles, member of Palestine conciliation committee, sends reply saying the conference did not fail. Dr. Walter Eytan, head of Israel delegation, reports to Palestine conciliation committee that many orange groves are beyond repair but some groves are being saved using Jewish and Arab labor. There is no need to hire extra labor. All refugees, including grove workers and owners, will be considered under peace plan. He also states that lawful Arab residents of Israel do not have frozen bank accounts. Baghdad Arabic Radio reports on weakness of Arabs, especially Arabs who want normal relations with Israel. Broadcast reports that Arabs will never cease to regard Israel as a hostile enemy. Israel's Knesset endorses Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok's policies concerning boundaries, return of Arab refugees, and future of Jerusalem, June 1949.
► 0068 : Philippines recognizes Israel. Israel and Transjordan sign armistice. Both sides are bound to decide issues with no aggression. Arab Legion will replace Iraqi army in north-central Palestine. There will be neutral zone between two countries, except Aqaba, where number of forces will remain the same. Committee of Arabs and Jews will work for peace with help from UN security council. Jews will control modern Jerusalem, and Arabs will control old Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and central Palestine. Dead Sea will be divided in half. There will be free travel on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway and Jerusalem-Bethlehem highway. Jerusalem's water supply from Latrun, Palestine, which was cut by the Arabs, will be restored. Jews control Hadera-Afula road, northwest of Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm. Syria-Israel talks begin. Dr. Mordecai Eliash, Israel's first minister to Britain, arrives in London. Syria charges that Israeli soldiers violated the border near meeting site. Mexico recognizes Israel. Syrians boycott talks. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel reports Israeli troops have been withdrawn from Syria. UN decides to delay Israel's admittance to UN; Israel still opposes an international Jerusalem. Israel-Syria cease-fire begins. Pope Pius XII asks Catholic nations in UN to support an international Jerusalem and all othersacred places in Holy Land. Pope is concerned about freedom of Catholics and Christians in Palestine. Truce permits Jews to visit old city for Passover. Some Christians are cleared to make Good Friday pilgrimage to Calvary. Syrian prime minister Muhsin al Barazi forms new Syrian cabinet. Barazi favors friendship with west, especially with U.S. Egypt settles with Transjordan. Egypt had opposed Transjordan's plan to annex Arab Palestine. Rabbi Stephen Wise dies. Israeli president Chaim Weizmann visits President Truman. He says Israel would welcome Arab refugees back if they did not have aggressive intentions. Transjordan is now called the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom; it is referred to as Jordan. UN Palestine conciliation committee opens its settlement conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Israeli president Chaim Weizmann meets with Francis Cardinal Spellman. Israel still opposes UN administration of Jerusalem. Walter Etlan of the Israel Foreign Office says Arab displaced persons are an international project, April 1949.
► 0257 : As Jordan's Arab Legion withdraws there is an Arab-Jewish skirmish in Jerusalem. Syrian ban on travel and business by Jews is lifted. Israel celebrates first anniversary of Legislative Council's first meeting. Israel tells UN that Israel should not have to give up any land beyond boundaries of partition because partition resolution was based upon peaceful implementation, and has been erased by Arab revolts and invasion. They also say that refugee problem is the result of the Arab invasion. After most of Arab population evacuated Israel, its ethnic pattern and economic structure changed. Israel cannot take a double burden of Jewish immigration and a return of Arab refugees. Compensation to Arabs must be limited, because Israel cannot afford a large compensation plan. Jordan cabinet admits three Palestinian Arabs. Jews still resist an international Jerusalem; Arabs are upset about Jewish opposition. Israel joins UN. Conditions of admittance include compliance of resolutions 181 and 194. Zionist general council closes its session. A budget for resettlement and relief of refugees was adopted. Syria and Israel break off armistice negotiations after Syria's refusal to withdraw troops from Mishmar Hay Yaiden, a frontier town in northeast Galilee captured by Israel. Canada recognizes Israel. Foreign minister reports Lebanon will not be able to take many refugees because of unemployment problem there. Arabs at Lausanne, Switzerland, demand that Absentee Act be abrogated to allow owners of groves and grove workers to return. They are concerned about damage to citrus groves. France recognizes Israel. Israel and Poland reach trade agreement. UN headquarters in Haifa, Palestine, is broken into; documents are taken, as well as envelopes addressed to Lausanne and files appear to have been rifled. Britain agrees to allow Israel to spend $14 million of Jewish assets frozen in Britain since 1948, May 1949.
► 0660 : At Lausanne, Switzerland, the refugee population numbers in each country are reported: Syria-60,000; Lebanon-100,000; Iraq-5,000; Egypt-15,000; Jordan-0; Gaza region-140,000; and the region in the Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm "triangle"-180,000. Indirect Israel-Arab peace negotiations through the UN Palestine conciliation committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, deadlock. U.S. demands that Israel relax its stand on return of Arab refugees and give Arabs land to compensate for Israeli gains in excess of partition plan. Israel demands that U.S. use economic pressure to force Arabs to discuss all issues concerning Palestine, not only Arab refugee problem. The Bank of America gives loan to be used to compensate Arabs who fled. UN mediator Ralph Bunche advises British not to resume sending arms to the Arabs until it is cleared with security council. He points out that ban on weapons in Middle East is still in effect. Senate expenditures subcommittee blames international organization and nations of the world for failing to resettle more than 700,000 displaced persons still in Europe. They say that the problem will never be solved until immigration curbs are ended. Britain announces it will resume sending arms to Arab states. League of Red Cross Societies reports that more than $1 million of UN relief funds for Middle East refugees were wasted in excess profits for middlemen dealing in relief supplies. Israel resists U.S. pressure to break deadlock in UN Palestine Conciliation Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. Arabs want to discuss refugee problem before discussing peace terms. They request that Israel admit some of the 560,000 to 800,000 Arab refugees. Major Aubrey Eban, of Israeli delegation to UN, protests British resumption of arms shipments to Arabs. The Baghdad Arabic Radio reports the war in Palestine will be resumed shortly. Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok of Israel speaks to Knesset: UN partition plan as well as internationalization of Jerusalem is void because Arabs attacked Israel; Israel should not give up any land that is in excess of partition plan.Arabs are trying to gain land politically because they could not gain land militarily; if Arab refugees are allowed to return before peace settlement, refugees could form army.Israel wants to obtain territory in Gaza from Egypt if 230,000 Arab refugees are readmitted to area; Syria wants more land on the Syrian-Israeli frontier near Galilee, a term Israel will never concede to. At UN, Israel continues its opposition. U.S. delegate Mark Ethridge wants Israel to admit 230,000 Arabs immediately. Arabs attack Jews in territory Israel gained from Jordan northeast of Jerusalem. UN secretary general Trygve Lie advances $1 million of UN funds to continue operations of UNRPR. UN is now helping 940,000 Palestinian Arabs. Rabbi Nathan Wise writes to President Truman, criticizing "Perfidious Albion," his name for Great Britain. He warns U.S. not to be deluded by Great Britain: Britain supplied arms to Arabs and used anti-Israel propaganda; failure of Lausanne Conference was caused by British. Leonard R. Cowles, member of Palestine conciliation committee, sends reply saying the conference did not fail. Dr. Walter Eytan, head of Israel delegation, reports to Palestine conciliation committee that many orange groves are beyond repair but some groves are being saved using Jewish and Arab labor. There is no need to hire extra labor. All refugees, including grove workers and owners, will be considered under peace plan. He also states that lawful Arab residents of Israel do not have frozen bank accounts. Baghdad Arabic Radio reports on weakness of Arabs, especially Arabs who want normal relations with Israel. Broadcast reports that Arabs will never cease to regard Israel as a hostile enemy. Israel's Knesset endorses Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok's policies concerning boundaries, return of Arab refugees, and future of Jerusalem, June 1949.
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Mikrofilm. Frederick, MD : University Puclications of America (UPA), [t.y.]. 1 mikrofilm makarası : pozitif ; 35 mm. 1945-1949.
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United States. Department of State.
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