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Reprinted from SC, 3rd yr., Resolutions, p. 22. The resolution was adopted in paragraph-by-paragraph votes and was also adopted as a whole by seven votes in favor, with Syria opposed and Argentina, the Soviet Union, and the Ukraine abstaining (SC, 3rd yr., No. 97, p. 66).

Mr. Shertok, in a cablegram of July 16 to Secretary-General Lie, transmitted the decision of the Provisional Government of Israel to comply with the Security Council’s request for a resumption of the truce in Palestine and for immediate cease-fire in Jerusalem; for text, See SC, 3rd yr., Supplement for July 1948, p. 77.

[469] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

London, July 15, 1948—5 p. m.

501.BB Palestine/7–1548: Telegram

[470] Cablegram Dated 16 July 1948 From the United Nations Mediator (Bernadotte) to the Arab States and to the Provisional Government of Israel Concerning the Security Council Resolution of 15 July

July 16, 1948

Reprinted from SC, 3rd yr., Supplement for July 1948, p. 80.

A copy of this memorandum was received in the Office of United Nations Affairs on July 14.↩
A marginal notation indicates that this memorandum was telephoned from New York at 8:50 a. m., July 15.↩

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 2

Interest of the United States in the Arab–Israeli controversy over the future status of Palestine; the issue at the United Nations; creation of the state of Israel; entry of Arab forces into Palestine¹

[451] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

[452] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

[453] The Secretary of State to the Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup), at New York

[454] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

[455] The Consul General at Jerusalem (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State

[456] Report of the United Nations Mediator in Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Security Council, July 12, 1948

[457] Editorial Note

[458] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

[459] Editorial Note

[460] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

[461] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

[462] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

[463] Memorandum by the Acting Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Satterthwaite ) to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[464] The Acting Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (O’Connell)

[465] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

[466] Memorandum by Mr. Gordon P. Merriam, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, to Staff Members

[467] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk) to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[468] Resolution 54 (1948) Adopted by the Security Council on July 15, 1948

[469] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

[470] Cablegram Dated 16 July 1948 From the United Nations Mediator (Bernadotte) to the Arab States and to the Provisional Government of Israel Concerning the Security Council Resolution of 15 July

[471] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

[472] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

[473] The Chargé in Egypt (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

[474] The Secretary of State to the United Nations Mediator in Palestine (Bernadotte), at Rhodes

[475] The United Nations Mediator in Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Secretary of State

[476] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[477] The Consul General at Jerusalem (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State

[478] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

[479] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

[480] The Consul General at Jerusalem (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 2

Interest of the United States in the Arab–Israeli controversy over the future status of Palestine; the issue at the United Nations; creation of the state of Israel; entry of Arab forces into Palestine1

Interest of the United States in the Arab–Israeli controversy over the future status of Palestine; the issue at the United Nations; creation of the state of Israel; entry of Arab forces into Palestine¹