Etzel Collection, Altalena Affair, Documents from Files of U. S. Department of State
26.02.1948 - 20.07.1948
Reference Code : K 4 - 20/ 29
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Etzel Collection
Material status:
Scanned
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Report from U.S. Consul in Paris to U.S. State Department regarding arrival of the Altalena to Marseilles shores (February 1948) and personal details of the ship's crew; telegram from U.S. Ambassador in Paris, Jefferson Caffery
to Secretary of State George Marshall, including text of declaration sent to him by Peter Bergson (Hillel Kook), condemning the British blockade at U.S. shores;
Reports from U.S. Embassy in Paris and from Haifa about sailing of the Altalena and Marie Enouk from French shores; incident of Altalena arrival to Eretz Israel shores, and names and addresses of American crew found on board the Altalena.

