357.AC/10–2650: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Legation in Syria 1
153. Reurtel 200, Oct. 26. In discussions of PRA report with Syrian officials you shld emphasize that “reintegration” means either repatriation or resettlement according to free choice of refugees and govts themselves. The funds are to be available for this purpose and for relief alone. It is precisely to afford refugees a choice which they have previously not had that this concept has been estabd.
Urinfo. In conversations this week with Arab Dels to UNGA this concept was explained to their satis by Blandford and USDel members.
- This telegram was repeated to Cairo, Beirut, and USUN.↩