674.84A/4–1454: Telegram
No. 795
The Ambassador in Egypt (Caffery) to the Department of State1
1304. As Department is aware, during past several years Egyptian authorities have only on rare occasions talked to me about Israel. I have never seen Egyptians more deeply and universally [Page 1515] disturbed than they are at present over recent Israeli tactics and what they consider to be US attitude thereto.
Egyptian officialdom, press and public profess to view plan for general SC review of Palestine case as western plot to force Arabs into peace treaty with Israel (reference Amman telegram 108, April 12).2 They allege that such a development would confirm effectiveness of Israeli tactic of trying to force peace through terrorist measures.
- Repeated to London, Paris, the Arab capitals, Jerusalem, and New York.↩
- Telegram 108 from Amman to Cairo, Apr. 12 (a repeat of telegram 420 from Amman to the Department, not printed) reported in part that the Jordanian Ambassador to Lebanon had arrived in Amman with the text of a report by Prime Minister Malek concerning a “conspiracy” of Western powers in the Security Council. The report supposedly stated that Israel was preparing for large-scale aggression on all Arab borders during the Security Council debate, for the purpose of enlarging the scope of the Council’s deliberations. The Embassy doubted the authenticity of the report, but felt that Jordan was “seriously concerned.” (330/4–1254)↩