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עמוד:74
I ask you to appreciate the gravity of the situation . The anarchy reigning with you weakens any hope of success and it is sad to see that it is spreading . Can you not find a way to settle the situation instead of letting these scandals develop ? Your situation pains us . It was not like this under French rule . Someone who enjoys my confidence told me that people are beginning to miss the period of French rule . Do something before your edifice falls down . ) 9 Shawwal 1364 ) September 15 , 1945 S / Abd al - Aziz 6 . Constantin Zureiq , Counselor in the Syrian Legation in Washington , to Jabiri , November 7 , 1945 Secret Coded From the Syrian Legation in Washington to H . E . the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs , Damascus The American Government is surprised by the position the Arabs are adopting towards it in relation to the Palestinian , question . In the whole of this affair , America sees only humanitarian work and this is the basis on which it has made promises to the Jews ; but the British have a different position , and the American Government expresses surprise that the Arabs consider it to be the only ones showing them hostility and threatening them with the Jews . First of all , they say , the Balfour promise is British , not American . Second , Great Britain wishes to exploit the Arab - Jewish conflict because it is the only way for it to remain in Palestine , to dominate all the Arab countries . The American Government strongly desires to find a friendly settlement between the Arabs and the Jews , but it is convinced that the British colonial authorities will do everything to prevent that , as Great Britain wishes for incidents to worsen in Palestine and for disorder , where blood is spilt , to take place . Our interest , as far as I can see , is to find a definitive settlement , to work for the withdrawal of Great Britain from Syria and Palestine and for the plan the American Government will put forward concerning the definitive settlement of the Near East question . I believe that such a plan would win the agreement of all the states , except of course Great Britain . November 7 , 1945 For the Minister Plenipotentiary s / Constantin Zureiq Registered in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No 833 – Political reports 7 . President Quwatli to Cabinet members , January 1 , 1946 Secret From the President of the Syrian Republic to the noble Council of Ministers The mission of General Clayton , head of the special section of Arab Middle Eastern affairs , has two aims : First : to convince us that Syrian unity will come about ; Second : to seek an understanding between Syria and Turkey . For the understanding with Turkey we have confirmed to him that we have given our agreement and that we want it within the limits of the British memorandum that has been presented to us . As for unity , he presents us with two plans :
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