'Excerpt from the secret CIA assessment submitted to President Truman
November 28, 1947 on the eve of the UN "vote" and titled "The Consequences
of the Partition of Palestine" (Now Declassified document):
November 28, 1947 on the eve of the UN "vote" and titled "The Consequences
of the Partition of Palestine" (Now Declassified document):
"Armed
hostilities between Jews and Arabs will break out if the UN General Assembly
accepts the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states....The
Jews are expected to be able to mobilize some 200,000 fighters in
Palestine.. The Jewish armed groups in Palestine are well equipped and well
trained in commando tactics. Initially they will achieve marked success
over the Arabs because of superior organization and equipment....The US by
supporting partition has already lost much of its prestige in the Near East
In the event that partition is imposed on Palestine, the resulting conflict
will seriously disturb the social, economic, and political stability of the
Arab world, and US commercial and strategic interests will be dangerously
jeopardized. ..The poverty, unrest, and hopelessness upon which Communist
propaganda thrives will increase throughout the Arab world. (and later in
the document, p. 6) US prestige on the other hand has steadily decreased
with each new indication that the US supports the Zionists. The good will
enjoyed by the US at the time of the Roosevelt-Ibn Saud Conference and
following backing of Lebanese and Syrian claims for independence was short
lived as a result of President Truman's support of Jewish immigration to
Palestine and of the Anglo-American Committee report. Because of the long
standing cultural ties between the US and the Arab world, the friendly role
that the US played in the achievement of Syrian and Lebanese independence,
the partial dependence of certain Arab states on oil royalties from US
companies, and the promise of increased royalties in the future, the Arab
states would like to maintain friendly relations with the US. ... Little of
this (positive) development will be possible, if the US supports a Jewish
state in Palestine."
http://tinyurl.com/2c4kh3
Or original at http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs_full.asp?doc_no=0000256628&title=THE+CONSEQUENCES+OF+THE+PARTITION+OF+PALESTINE+%28ORE+55%29&abstract=NARA+%3Bpound%3B+NN3%2D263%2D92%2D005%2C+24%2DAUG%2D92&no_pages=0019&pub_date=11%2F28%2F1947&release_date=9%2F22%2F1993&keywords=ESTIMATE%7CPALESTINIAN+ESTIMATE%7Cindexf199400566&case_no=SC%2D1999%2D00005©right=0&release_dec=RIFPUB&classification=U&showPage=0001
Truman helped establish Israel (actually was the critical element in
arm-twisting countries to vote for partition which was contrary to the UN
Charter of self determination for native people). Zionist propaganda claimed
that this support was because of deeply held beliefs in that cause (Jews
were persecuted so need a country of their own). But facts are otherwise.
Truman himself admitted in a private cabinet meeting that he is doing it for
money and votes. And here is a relevant quote from a senior member of the
State Department during the Truman era:
"when the election was coming up in 1946 in New York, the group of New York
Jews called upon Mr. Truman. [Alan Taylor, op. cit. p.93] Emmanuel Cellar
was the head of this committee. Rabbi Steven Wise and several others were in
it. They called upon Mr. Truman and said, "We have just been talking with
Mr. Thomas Dewey. He is willing to come out and declare for a Jewish state,
and we are going to turn our money and urge the Jews to vote for him unless
you beat him to it." Then Emmanuel Cellar pounded upon Mr. Truman's desk and
said, "And if you don't come out for a Jewish state we'll run you out of
town." This, I'm sure, is the threat that Mr. Truman refers to in his book,
saying, "The extreme Zionists threatened me." They were Emmanuel Cellar,
Rabbi Steven Wise, etc. These are not the extreme Zionists, these are just
the run of the mill Zionists. What Mr. Truman did was to cave in to these
threats that they would support Mr. Dewey. In that way he got the Jewish
money and the Jewish vote. His decision was not made from the point of view
of what was going to result in the Middle East, but what was going on in the
United States."
Edwin M. Wright at the time of the State Department (source
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wright.htm )
See also http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/26309.html
and Truman diaries which show how he really thought (and thus show he really
was not acting on principle but out of fear of the lobby): http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A40678-2003Jul10'
hostilities between Jews and Arabs will break out if the UN General Assembly
accepts the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states....The
Jews are expected to be able to mobilize some 200,000 fighters in
Palestine.. The Jewish armed groups in Palestine are well equipped and well
trained in commando tactics. Initially they will achieve marked success
over the Arabs because of superior organization and equipment....The US by
supporting partition has already lost much of its prestige in the Near East
In the event that partition is imposed on Palestine, the resulting conflict
will seriously disturb the social, economic, and political stability of the
Arab world, and US commercial and strategic interests will be dangerously
jeopardized. ..The poverty, unrest, and hopelessness upon which Communist
propaganda thrives will increase throughout the Arab world. (and later in
the document, p. 6) US prestige on the other hand has steadily decreased
with each new indication that the US supports the Zionists. The good will
enjoyed by the US at the time of the Roosevelt-Ibn Saud Conference and
following backing of Lebanese and Syrian claims for independence was short
lived as a result of President Truman's support of Jewish immigration to
Palestine and of the Anglo-American Committee report. Because of the long
standing cultural ties between the US and the Arab world, the friendly role
that the US played in the achievement of Syrian and Lebanese independence,
the partial dependence of certain Arab states on oil royalties from US
companies, and the promise of increased royalties in the future, the Arab
states would like to maintain friendly relations with the US. ... Little of
this (positive) development will be possible, if the US supports a Jewish
state in Palestine."
http://tinyurl.com/2c4kh3
Or original at http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs_full.asp?doc_no=0000256628&title=THE+CONSEQUENCES+OF+THE+PARTITION+OF+PALESTINE+%28ORE+55%29&abstract=NARA+%3Bpound%3B+NN3%2D263%2D92%2D005%2C+24%2DAUG%2D92&no_pages=0019&pub_date=11%2F28%2F1947&release_date=9%2F22%2F1993&keywords=ESTIMATE%7CPALESTINIAN+ESTIMATE%7Cindexf199400566&case_no=SC%2D1999%2D00005©right=0&release_dec=RIFPUB&classification=U&showPage=0001
Truman helped establish Israel (actually was the critical element in
arm-twisting countries to vote for partition which was contrary to the UN
Charter of self determination for native people). Zionist propaganda claimed
that this support was because of deeply held beliefs in that cause (Jews
were persecuted so need a country of their own). But facts are otherwise.
Truman himself admitted in a private cabinet meeting that he is doing it for
money and votes. And here is a relevant quote from a senior member of the
State Department during the Truman era:
"when the election was coming up in 1946 in New York, the group of New York
Jews called upon Mr. Truman. [Alan Taylor, op. cit. p.93] Emmanuel Cellar
was the head of this committee. Rabbi Steven Wise and several others were in
it. They called upon Mr. Truman and said, "We have just been talking with
Mr. Thomas Dewey. He is willing to come out and declare for a Jewish state,
and we are going to turn our money and urge the Jews to vote for him unless
you beat him to it." Then Emmanuel Cellar pounded upon Mr. Truman's desk and
said, "And if you don't come out for a Jewish state we'll run you out of
town." This, I'm sure, is the threat that Mr. Truman refers to in his book,
saying, "The extreme Zionists threatened me." They were Emmanuel Cellar,
Rabbi Steven Wise, etc. These are not the extreme Zionists, these are just
the run of the mill Zionists. What Mr. Truman did was to cave in to these
threats that they would support Mr. Dewey. In that way he got the Jewish
money and the Jewish vote. His decision was not made from the point of view
of what was going to result in the Middle East, but what was going on in the
United States."
Edwin M. Wright at the time of the State Department (source
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wright.htm )
See also http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/26309.html
and Truman diaries which show how he really thought (and thus show he really
was not acting on principle but out of fear of the lobby): http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A40678-2003Jul10'
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