October 24, 1948
On this day the President replied to the Dewey charge, that he was vacillating on whether the Negev belonged to Israel or the Arabs, and issued a statement which favored the position that Isreal's boundaries should include the Negev area. Clifford drafted the document of the 24th which in turn strengthened the President's position among Jewish voters.
See the file collection of the Recognition of the State of Israel
Eric Blane Markley's American History Classes
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