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John Gordon Freymann correspondence relating to service in Palestine and Israel

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 478

Abstract

Contains personal and official correspondence, from May 4, 1948 to January 25, 1949, relating to Freymann's duties for the Public Health Service in Palestine and Israel during the creation of the state of Israel. Includes discussion of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-1989

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite.

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Copyright Information

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Biographical Note

John Freymann, a Public Health Service physician, volunteered for duty at the U.S. consulate general in Jerusalem in May 1948. Expecting chaotic conditions upon Britain's withdrawal from its Palestinian mandate on May 14, Freymann, an extra contingent of guards, and a Navy communications unit were dispatched by the State Department. He was stationed in Jerusalem until January 1949.

Freymann wrote of his experience there in "A consulate general witnesses... the painful birth of a nation." Foreign service journal. May 1988.

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Collection Summary

Contains personal and official correspondence, from May 4, 1948 to January 25, 1949, relating to Freymann's duties for the Public Health Service in Palestine and Israel during the creation of the state of Israel. Includes discussion of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem.
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