357.AC/3–2450
The President to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: Under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1949 pertaining to a special contribution by the United States to the United Nations for the relief of Palestine [Page 807] refugees, I have today made the finding that other nations party to the agreement on United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees have met their obligations under said agreement to the extent that an additional contribution to the United Nations in the amount of $622,070 is justified.
I have allocated the sum of $622,070 to the Department of State from funds appropriated under the head “Relief of Palestine Refugees” in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1949 (P. L. 119, approved June 23, 1949), which funds have been established under Appropriation Symbol No. 119/00043 with the Treasury of the United States.
These funds are to be used by the Department of State for an additional special contribution to the United Nations for the purposes set forth in the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations of November 19, 1948, providing for the relief of Palestine refugees.1
Sincerely yours,
- The Department of State transmitted the substance of the President’s message to the United States Representative at the United Nations on March 24 and directed him to inform Secretary-General Lie that a check for $622,070 would be delivered shortly (instruction 83, 357.AC/3–2450).↩