ABSTRACTS ON THE SPEECH BY THE USSR DELEGATION AT THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE QUESTION OF ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

Stalin, Soviets and Israeli Question

ABSTRACTS ON THE SPEECH BY THE USSR DELEGATION AT THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE QUESTION OF ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

July 15, 1949

Secret

1. The question of Palestinian refugees is an inseparable part of the Palestinian problem as a whole. A radical solution to this issue, like the entire problem, now depends on the early implementation of the decision of the UN General Assembly of November 29, 1947 regarding the creation of an independent Arab state on the territory of the Arab part of Palestine, which makes it possible to return a significant part of the refugees to their homes and peaceful creative work. ...

2. The problem of Palestinian refugees is the result of the policy of certain monopoly circles in Britain and the United States, interested in delaying a general settlement of the question of Palestine and seeking to revise the General Assembly decision of November 29, 1947. This selfish policy, which has nothing to do with the interests of the Arab and Jewish peoples, was and remains the main reason for the complication of the entire problem of Palestine, the ensuing military adventure and the disasters it caused for the Arab peoples.

3. The same monopoly circles, whose efforts actually gave rise to the problem of Palestinian refugees, are now trying to take advantage of the suffering of the victims of their own policies, continuing to resist the general peace settlement in Palestine and replacing it with palliative, ostentatious measures that can only partially alleviate the plight. refugees, but not eliminate it and not completely resolve the whole problem.

4. The United Nations can no longer accept the delay in a radical solution to the refugee issue and its replacement with palliative temporary voluntary assistance. It must focus its efforts on achieving a solution to the issue that would enable the Palestine refugees to use their labor effectively and thus create a secure and sufficient means of subsistence.

5. The only way for such a radical solution to the refugee problem is the earliest implementation of the General Assembly decision of November 29, 1947 on the establishment of an independent Arab state on the territory of the Arab part of Palestine and an immediate general peace settlement through direct negotiations between all interested Arab states and the State of Israel. The conclusion of peace and the mutual guarantee of the rights of the Jewish and Arab national minorities will make it possible to return refugees to normal, creative work, which will provide them with the necessary means of subsistence.

WUA RF. F. 0118. Op. 2.P. 3.D. 13.L. 142-143.