Friday, October 1, 1948
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Text of Bernadotte's Plan
Submitted Before His Death
PARIS — The following is the
report on Palestine made to the
UN General Assembly by Count
Folke Bernadotte just before his
assassination two weeks ago.
Since I presented my written
suggestions to the Arab and Jew-
ish authorities on 27 June, I have
made no formal submission to
either party of further sugges-
tions or proposals for a definitive
settlement. Since that date, how-
ever, I have held many oral dis-
cussions in the Arab capitals and
Tel Aviv, in the course of which
various ideas on settlement have
been freely exchanged.
As regards my original sugges-
ions, I hold to the opinion that
they offered a general framework
within which a reasonable and
workable settlement might have
been reached had the two parties
concerned been willing to discuss
them.
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tween the parties concerned, or
failing that, by the United Na-
tions.
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CONTINUOUS FRONTIERS
(D) Adherence to the principle
of geographical homogeneity and
integration, which should be the
major objective of the boundary
arrangement, should apply equal-
ly to Arab and Jewish territories,
whose frontier should not, there-
fore, be rigidly controlled by the
territorial arrangements envis-
aged in the resolution of 29 No-
vember.
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Granados Visions
Israel in the UN
PARIS (WNS) — Dr. Jorge
Garcia - Granados, Guatemalan
delegate to the United Nations
and author of the forthcoming
book "Mt. Birth of Israel," de-
clared that he hoped the UN
General Assembly •would achieve,
the two goals which he con-
sidered "most essential for this
sossion"—a lasting peace in the
Middle East and the admission
of Israel into the world orga-
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nization.
RIGHT OF REPATRIATION
Dr. Granados predicted that
(E) The right of innocent peo- some last desperate moves" will
ple, uprooted from their homes be made at the UN session
by the present terror and ravages to revise the Palestine parti-
of war, to return to their homes tion decision, "especially in ref-
should be affirmed and made ef- erence to frontiers," but, he
fective with assurance of ade- added, "a fundamental revision
quate compensation for the prop- will fail to win the necessary
erty of those who may choose two-thirds majority."
not to return.
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means of allaying existing fears
and particularly with regard to
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SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS
THE
following
conclusions
broadly outlined, would, in my
view, considering all the circum-
stances, provide a reasonable,
equitable and workable basis for
settlement:
(A) Since the Security Coun-
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Sanctions, has forbidden further,
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THEY WERE flatly rejected,
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however, by both parties. Since
they were put forth on the ex-
plicit condition that they were
purely tentative, were designed
primarily to elicit views and
counterz,snggestions from each
party and, in any event, could be
implemented only if agreed upon
ARAB STATE
by both parties, I have never
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since pressed them.
JEWS
ARABS
With respect to one basic con-
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cept in my suggestions it has be-
come increasingly clear to me
that, however desirable a poli-
tical and economic union might
be in Palestine, the time is cer-
tainly not now propitious for the
effectuation of any such scheme.
JEWISH POPULATION CINTEAS
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(Circlet are in proportion t•
site of Jewish communities)
I do not consider it to be with-
Pti my province to recommend, to
the members of the United Na-
tions a proposed course of action
on the Palest* question.
That is a responsibility of the
MY
members, acting through the ap-
propriate organs.
The map above shows how Palestine would be divided up
In my role as United Nations
under the partition plan of Nov. 29. The late Count Berna-
Mediator, however, it was inevi-
dotte's new proposals submitted to the UN General Assembly
table that I should accumulate
just before his tragic death would give all the area on the
information and draw conclusions
map marked Negeb to the Arabs in exchange for the tiny
from my experience which might
northwestern corner of Galilee marked with vertical lines.
well be of assistance to members
In addition, Count Bernadotte proposed that Jerusalem be
of the United Nations in charting
given over to the UN and that Haifa, in the Jewish zone,
the future course of United Na-
be declared a free port.
tions action on Palestine.
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that military action shall not be estine and every feasible measure
CAN'T FIND FORMULA
employed by either party in the should be taken to insure that
hostilities will not be resumed
I CONSIDER it my duty, there- Palestine dispute. -
It cannot be ignored that the and that harmonious relations
fore, to acquaint the members of
the United Nations, through the vast difference between now and between Arab and Jew will ulti-
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medium of this report, with cer- last November is that a war has mately be restored.
tain of the conclusions on means been started and stopped and
of peaceful adjustment which that, in the intervening months, THE JEWISH STATE ii
(B) A Jewish state called Is-
have evolved from my frequent decisive events have occurred.
rael exists in Palestine and there
consultations with Arab and Jew-
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ish authorities over the past three
The following seven basic pre- are no sound reasons for assum-
and one-half months and from mises form the basis for my con- ing that it will not continue to
do so.
my personal appraisal of the clusions:
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(C) The boundaries of this
present Palestinian scene.
new state must finally be fixed
I do not suggest that these con- RETURN TO PEACE
either by formal agreement be-
clusions would provide the basis
(A) Peace must return to Pal-
for a proposal which would eas- -
ily win the willing approval of
both parties.
I have not, in the course of my
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intensive efforts to achieve
agreement between Arabs and
Jews, been able to devise any
such formula.
I am convinced, however, that
it is possible at this stage to for-
mnlate a proposal which, if firm-
ly approved and strongly backed
by the General Assembly, would
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firm in its resolution of 15 July
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