TELEPHONOGRAM OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE USSR V.M. MOLOTOV TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CC VKP (B)

Stalin, Soviets and Israeli Question

TELEPHONOGRAM OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE USSR V.M. MOLOTOV TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CC VKP (B), CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR I.V. STALIN

October 19, 1948

Secret

On October 14, the representatives of China and Great Britain in the Security Council submitted a joint draft resolution in connection with the latest events in Palestine. In this draft, after mentioning the murder of Bernadotte and the fact that the Government of Israel has not yet submitted a progress report on the murder, it is proposed that the Palestinian governments and authorities allow free access to the armistice monitoring personnel in all places where they need to be by virtue of their duties, and have taken all measures to ensure the safety of the monitoring personnel and representatives of the mediator.

Vyshinsky, in his telegram No. 388, proposes not to object to this draft and to vote in favor. According to Vyshinsky's community, Jews only complain that there are more UN observers (54 people) in the territory they control than in Arab territory (32 people). In this regard, Vyshinsky proposes to add an addition to the resolution, in which to point out the desirability of an equal distribution of UN observers on the territory of both sides.

Considering that at one time we did not object to the creation of the Armistice Commission and insisted on the participation of Soviet representatives as observers, I believe that one can agree with Vyshinsky's proposal. Please approve.

V. Molotov

On the document of the paper: “Comrade Stalin agrees.

P [oskrebyshev]. "

AVP RF, f. 06, op. 10, p. 15, d. 161, l. 6.