290 5. the partition of palestine- Abdur Rahman to Jawaharlal Nehru (July 15, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47.
Rahman added: “For this reason, he does not seem to be much in favor with
strong Arab nationalists.” Even though Rahman met Jamal Husseini, the
vice president of the Arab Higher Committee, in Jerusalem, “po liti cal mat-
ters” did not fi gure in their deliberations. - For the text of Abdur Rahman’s cross examination, see The Jewish Plan for
Palestine: Memorandum and Statements Presented by the Jewish Agency for Pal-
estine to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, 367– 380, 392–
394, 469– 473, 549– 553. Rahman, for example, described David Ben- Gurion
as an “extremist and aggressive demagogue.” Abdur Rahman to Jawaharlal
Nehru (July 15, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47. - Asaf Ali to Foreign Offi ce (May 14, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47. Emphasis
added. - Jawaharlal Nehru to Abdur Rahman (May 24, 1947), in Nehru, Selected
Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Series II, 2:474– 475. - Zaidi and Zaidi, eds., Encyclopedia INC, 11:497.
- Jawaharlal Nehru to Abdur Rahman (May 24, 1947), in Nehru, Selected
Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Series II, 2:474– 475. Emphasis added. - Garcia- Granados, The Birth of Israel, 9.
- Abdur Rahman to Jawaharlal Nehru (June 25, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47.
Emphasis added. - Jawaharlal Nehru to Abdur Rahman (July 10, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47.
- Abdur Rahman to Jawaharlal Nehru (August 20, 1947). Ibid. See also Rah-
man to Nehru (June 25, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47. - Offi cial summary of Abdur Rahman’s reports (September 10, 1947), NAI,
F-2(5)- UNO- I/47. - Abdur Rahman to the Ministry of External Aff airs (August 20, 1947), NAI,
F-2(16)- UNO- I/47. - Ministry of External Aff airs to Abdur Rahman (August 23, 1947). Ibid. This
was perhaps a reminder, and the tele gram was sent in Nehru’s name. In a
related development, Rahman was also instructed to withdraw the offi cial
memorandum that he had earlier prepared. - Prior to his departure for Palestine, Abdur Rahman met Azzam Pasha in
New York. The secretary general of the Arab League told him that it would
help the Arab cause if the committee were unable to present its report to the
General Assembly by September 1, “because then the question would not
come up before the United Nations for a fairly long time, during which
period he expected things to change materially in favor of the Arabs.” Abdur
Rahman to Jawaharlal Nehru (June 25, 1947), NAI, F-2(16)- UNO- I/47. - For the complete text, see UNSCOP Report, 1:42– 46. For the dissenting
notes of Guatemala and Uruguay, see ibid., 2:23– 24, 2:48– 49. - Ibid., 1:47.
- For the complete text, see ibid., 1:47– 58.
- Ministry of External Aff airs tele gram to Asaf Ali (April 23, 1947), NAI,
F.2(16)- UNO - I/47.