Churchill's meeting with King Farouk, King Ibn Saud and President Kuwatli of Syria on Feb 17, 1945

[Source: US National Archives, RG-226, OSS files].

21 Feb 45
COUNTRY PALESTINE		G-7l71
DATE OF INFORMATION	20 Feb 45	DATE OF REPORT 21 Feb 45
PLACE OF ORIGIN Cairo		EVALUATION C-2 ME Cairo

1. At the meetings of Churchill, Eden, King Farouk, King Ibn Saud and President Kuwatli of Syria on 17 Feb near Cairo, discussions centered on the question of the partitioning of Palestine to an independent coastal Jewish State and to an Arab State which would be "fused" with Greater Syria.
2. It is reported that the plan, including the creation of Greater Syria, was accepted by all parties at the meetings, but that Churchill made it clear that the plan must have the approval of the British Parliament before it could be put into effect.
3. Under this plan Lebanon is said to have been promised complete autonomy, but as part of Greater Syria.
4. It is also reported that Kuwatli is slated to occupy a key position in Greater Syria. The position of Emir Abdullah of Transjordan is not clear, though there is some evidence that he or Abdul Illah of Iraq again being manipulated by the British to a position of importance.

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The above material has been researched by David Irving for the third volume of his Churchill biography, "Churchill's War", vol. iii: "The Sundered Dream."