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DCER : Volume #14 - 1059.PCO : RECOGNITION OF JEWISH STATE; APPLICATION OF FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT

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Volume #14 - 1059.

CHAPITRE XII

EUROPE, L'UNION SOVIÉTIQUE ET LE MOYEN-ORIENT

4E PARTIE

ISRA&EUML;L

1059.

PCO

Extrait des conclusions du Cabinet
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Ottawa, le 18 mai 1948

RECOGNITION OF JEWISH STATE; APPLICATION OF FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT

5. The Secretary of State for External Affairs pointed out that U.K. responsibility for Palestine had ended on May 15th. A Jewish State had been proclaimed by the Jewish inhabitants and had already received recognition from the governments of the United States and the U.S.S.R.

In view of numerous uncertainties in the situation including imprecision in the matter of boundaries and the position under the U.N. Charter, it would not be desk-able for Canada to reach any hasty decision in the matter of recognition. In this connection, the question of application of the Foreign Enlistment Act to Palestine, which had been considered at the meeting on May 6th†, should also be deferred for further consideration at a time when the present situation had taken more definite shape.

6. The Cabinet, after discussion, noted the Minister's report.



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