501.BB Palestine/3–2648: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
550. Red Fleet March 26 carried first Soviet comment on US trusteeship proposal for Palestine under heading American Maneuver in Palestine Question, stressing repudiation UN 1947 decision as “open violation USA international obligations”. Article quotes chairman House Subcommittee on armed forces UN decision mistake as endangering American oil interests Middle East. American policy determined by fact Palestine transfer station oil Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria. New York Post quoted Forrestal conducts campaign against UN partition ruling as member American oil companies. Although UN decision taken with American consent, narrowly selfish aims American monopolists destroy own decisions.