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U.S. Govt. Informed of Jewish Agency’s Opposition to “federalization,” Says Goldmann

August 12, 1946
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Dr. Nahum Goldmann, a member of the Jewish Agency executive, who returned from Paris last week to confer with American officials on the Palestine “federalization” plan, said today that he had made clear to the U.S. Government that the Agency was unalterably opposed to the British proposals.

His statement was made in connection with reports appearing in the press yesterday that Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson would recommend acceptance of the British plan and that President Truman was prepared to accept the “federalization” scheme, but would urge that more territory be included in the Jewish province and that it have greater autonomy and less restrictions on immigration and land purchases.

Dr. Goldmann stated that he had informed high U.S. officials that “the Jewish Agency cannot and will not consider (the plan) as a basis for negotiation either with the British or the American Government.”

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