S/PRS files, lot 77 D 9
No. 635
Department of State Press
Release
No. 370
[Washington,] July 11, 1953.
The Department was informed yesterday by the Israel Government that it intends to transfer its Foreign Ministry from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as of July 12, 1953.
The United States does not plan to transfer its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It is felt that this would be inconsistent with the United Nations Resolutions dealing with the international nature of Jerusalem and that it would not observe the solution regarding Jerusalem which was set forth in the Secretary of State’s address of June 1, 1953.