81        D.R.Wahl to M.Grossman

COPY: ISA 93.03/2268/16

[Washington] 29 April 1947

Yesterday and today I sent to the first secretary of the Soviet embassy 1 materials provided by the Emergency Zionist Council and by the Jewish Agency for transmittal to the Soviet delegation at the United Nations.2 Today

1.       Mikhail S.Vavilov, first secretary in the Soviet embassy in Washington.

2.       See Doc.80

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the Soviet embassy informed me that they had sent a telegram to Mr.Gromyko urging that he see me on behalf of American Jewish organizations and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. I am to call Mr.Gromyko on Friday morning, and if he is unable to see me I will probably see Mr.Tsarapkin, who is his alternate on the delegation.3 The Jewish Agency people here are somewhat unprepared for direction on what should be discussed with the Russians on their behalf. It has been suggested that Arthur Lourie speak with me before I have this appointment and that some material be procured from the Hashomer Hatsair. In any case, I think you should talk with Arthur Lourie, Si Kenen and any others who should be involved regarding my discussion with Gromyko. Since I am informed by the Jewish Agency that they have been unable to make contact with the Russians, this opportunity probably is the only one available for channelizing any thinking. Of course it may be that the Agency people would not want me to discuss these matters with the Russians in which case it should be decided whether I see Gromyko at all or whether I should see him on behalf of the conference, representing American Jewish organizations 4 and excluding from the discussions the Agency itself. In any case, this matter should be thought through in New York before I call Gromyko’s office on Friday. If, in the meantime, Mr. Gromyko’s office should try to reach me at the Conference to make an appointment, ask them to wait until I can call myself on Friday morning.

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3.       see Doc.84.

4.       The American Jewish Conference—a representative body of major American Jewish organizations established in 1943 to deal with problems that would confront the Jewish people in Europe and Palestine after the war.Dissolve in 1949.

5.       One sentence containing extraneous information has been deleted.

82        I.Hamlin to A.Lourie (New York)

COPY: ISA 93.03/2268/16

New York, 29 April 1947

I spoke today to Dave Wahl who informs me that Vavilov, first secretary of the Russian embassy, has asked him for material to give to members of the Russian delegation. 1 Yesterday  we made up a kit of available material here and sent it down to the Russian embassy.

1. See Doc.80-1

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  Today I spoke with Wahl and suggested to him that when he arrives in New York on Thursday, he immediately get in touch with you about this. He tells me that though the Russian delegation is refraining from meeting with any partisan spokesman on the Palestine question, he, Whal, can have entrée to sorobkin.2 I do not know what is being done in New York with the Russians, but I suggested that Whal speak to you in the event that this additional contact is nessary.

  A supplemental problem exists in the question of finding proper written material for the Russian delegation. Very little of the standard material we have in this office is suitable for them. I therefore suggested to Whal that he speak with you about the possibility of contacting the Hashomer Hatsair or the Left Poale Zion in New York who may have suitable printed material concerning, particularly, social and economic problems in Palestine and the Middle East.

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2.Reference is apparently to Semen Tsarapkin, member of the Soviet delegation to the United Nations.