Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, The Near and Middle East, Volume IX, Part 1

683.84A322/10–1953: Telegram

No. 697
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Syria

secret
priority

Washington, October 19, 1953—7:16 p.m.

143. Re Embtel 149¹ Emb shld if necessary make abundantly clear to Shishakli that incident similar Tel al-Mutilah wld not embellish Syr case. Dept has backed fully Bennike decision, has withheld economic aid Israel. Finally, US in concert with UK and France is spearheading Security Council examination incidents. In return US hopes Syr will exercise all possible restraint and permit Security Council reach decision without further complications.

Dulles

1. Not printed, but see footnote 6, Document 693.