A day later Truman met with Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the Zionist Organization of America, to discuss the critical issue of displaced Jews in Europe, who should be granted land in Palestine to form a Jewish state, the rabbi argued. The secretary of state had prepared the president with a confidential memo for the Wise meeting: “We have interests in [Palestine] which are vital to the United States, [and] we feel that this whole subject is one that should be handled with the greatest care.” Truman made Dr. Wise no commitments.
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