867N.01/9–2945: Telegram
Amir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan to President Truman
The report in the press of the Middle East that Your Excellency asked the Prime Minister of Great Britain in a personal message to grant 10,000 [100,000] immigration certificates to the Jews has caused great anxiety here. I had the honour of receiving a reply from you to my telegram to the late President47 to the effect that no decision would be taken about Palestine before the Arabs and Jews had been consulted but the admission of 10,000 [10,000] Jewish immigrants is so important a decision that the Arabs consider that they ought to be consulted. I hope to receive a favourable reply which will remove this anxiety.