501.BB Palestine/10–2748: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State, at Paris
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Telmar 116. Eyes only for Secretary from Lovett. Martel 90 today quotes Cadogan as saying that possibly Chinese and British will introduce resolution in SC tomorrow under Art. 41 to induce Jews and Arabs to comply with provisions of truce. This statement goes considerably further than draft resolution contained Delga 489, Oct. 26,1 which contemplated merely appointing committee to consider possible action under Art. 41.
If British now plan go beyond draft resolution in Delga 489 and propose sanctions under Art. 41 tomorrow, we shall not be able support them without specific Presidential approval. We hope that USDel’s efforts will be successful in keeping SC action tomorrow confined to scope of Delga 489.
Meanwhile we have informed President that Dept concurs third para. Delga 4882 and believes that while not joining UK in sponsoring resolution contained in Delga 489 USDel should speak briefly in support of and vote for that resolution. These instructions were in Gadel 330.3
[Page 1524]It is of the utmost importance that British be restrained from arming Transjordan, which would have immediate consequence of popular outcry here for lifting of arms embargo as now applied to Israel and which embargo, as Bevin knows, we have scrupulously observed.