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63 E. Sasson to E.Epstein (Washington)
CIPY:CZA S25/485
Jerusalem,28 June 1946
DearEliahu-Shalom,
In today's letter I want to try to explain to you Russia's attitude towards the question of Palestine and the Arab East as I understand it from reading the press and holding conversation with [various] people:
Although Russia's stand on Palestine has not yet been sufficiently defined it is becoming increasingly clear that the Soviet tend to ascribe to the Palestine question international importance on a par with the other Middle Eastern issues over which Russia and England are at loggerheads, such as Libya, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and so forth. The Soviets cannot accept that Britain will try to resolve the issues of the East alone and according to its interests, without involving Russia at least to the same degree as it does the United States. Russia expressed its anger most vigorously at these developments upon the annulment of the mandate over Transjordan, its declaration as an independent state, and the signing of a military agreement with England enabling the latter to maintain indefinitely armed force in Transjordan and along its borders.1 The agreement transforms Transjordan into a British military base which dominates all the Arab countries and which may, at a certain juncture, serve Britain as a 'springbord' to reach Russia's border. But
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Jerusalem,
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