Palestina es un país pequeño y débil cuyo potencial bélico es casi inexistente pero cuya posición geográfica le confiere una importancia estratégica desproporcionada a su tamaño y riqueza. Los recursos petrolíferos de Oriente Medio son de vital importancia para la seguridad de Estados Unidos. El acceso continuo a esos recursos depende de las relaciones amistosas de EE.UU. con el pueblo árabe y con sus gobiernos. Las antiguas relaciones cordiales ya se han se han visto seriamente dañadas por el apoyo estadounidense al plan de partición
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etiquetas: documento , secreto , desclasificado , cia , palestina , 1947 
"The petroleum resources of the Middle East are vitally important to US security".
Y yastá. Los derechos humanos, soberanía de los pueblos, libertades y demás mandangas que quedan muy bien de cara a la galería, pasan a un segundo plano en tanto en cuanto entre en la ecuación el concepto de energía barata para desarrollar la maquinaria industrial y militar, imprescindible si quieres ser el matón del patio del colegio.
Luego me lo leo con calma que estoy preparando el desayuno.
También la difícil cuestión de apoyar a los árabes por petróleo VS a los judíos por afinidad pública. Está claro que los árabes tenían mejores cartas al comienzo.
20 October 1947 Copy No. • 45
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN PALESTINE
I. THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PALESTINE.
Palestine is a small, weak country whose war potential is almost nonexistent but whose geographic position gives it a strategic significance out of all proportion to its size and wealth. This significance stems not only from its location at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, its proximity to the Suez Canal and the fact that it is an outlet for the oil of the Middle East, but also from the psychological problem posed by irreconcilable claims of Arabs and Jews for hegemony over the country.
To preserve the US position in the Middle East and to counter Soviet infiltration, political, economic, and social stability must be maintained in the area. However, the seemingly insoluble Palestine problem, because of the ever-present possibility of widespread civil and para-military strife, threatens the stability not only of Palestine but of the entire Arab world as well.
The petroleum resources of the Middle East are vitally important to US security; continuing access to those resources depends on friendly US relations with the Arab people as well as with their governments. The former cordial relations have already been seriously damaged by US support of the UNSCOP partition plan. Rightly or wrongly, the Arabs feel that the establishment of a Zionist state endangers their sovereignty and independence, and they are therefore determined to oppose it with all the means at their disposal. Even if this opposition does not result in the immediate cancellation of US oil concessions in Arab lands, it will almost certainly lead to such unrest and instability that Soviet infiltration will increase and may eventually achieve the same result.
The Palestine issue is capable of changing the development of the Arab world from one of evolution in cooperation with the West to one of revolution with the support of the USSR.
2. PROBABLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
The UN General Assembly is now attempting to arrive at a solution of the Palestine problem; the outcome of its deliberations, and the part that the US plays therein, will vitally affect US security. Three main developments in the UNGA are possible: (a) a recommendation that Palestine be partitioned into independent Jewish and Arab states; (b) a recommended solution which sets up a unitary state, thereby inevitably leaving the political initiative in Palestine with the… » ver todo el comentario
however, would be very difficult to bring about. Until such adjustments are made, an important part of Palestine's industry will be dependent on Arab markets. Those markets, because of the Arab boycott and other factors, are for the most part closed to Jewish goods and will remain 'closed until the Arab world and the Jews of Palestine reach a modus vivendi. Until then, Palestine's chronic adverse balance of trade will be further affected by the loss of the Arab market, and its economy will remain a philanthropic project, sustained primarily by US capital. The probable cessation of British military expenditures will prove an added hardship to an already unbalanced economy.
5. FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Technically, Palestine's foreign affairs are under the complete control of Great-Britain, the Mandatory Power. Actually, however, both the Jewish and the Arab elements maintain widespread open and clandestine relations with foreign powers and organizations to promote their respective and conflicting aspirations.
The Jewish Agency for Palestine, which enjoys semi-official status because of its recognition in the Mandate as the representative of the Jewish population, is an integral part of the World Zionist Organization and is closely tied to influential centers of Zionism in the US and the UK. The Arabs eschew any participation in the government but are closely connected individually with the Arab states and with the Arab League. Although Palestine is not an independent state and therefore is not eligible for membership in the Arab League, Palestinian observers attend League meetings and take part in discussions.
Palestine can be a party to international agreements, conventions, or treaties only when the UK signs such pacts on Palestine's behalf. Officially, foreign relations have been restricted for the most part to adherence to a number of conventions of a non- controversial nature (e. g., the abolition of slavery, freedom of transit and navigation). A few treaties have been concluded (e. g., a treaty with the US in 1924 regarding the rights of nationals, and with Egypt in 1929 regarding the transit of Palestinian pilgrims through Egyptian territory, and customs agreements exist with the neighboring Arab states.
6. MILITARY SITUATION.
The British, the Jews, and the Arabs all maintain military or para-military organizations in Palestine. The present British forces consist of an Airborne Division, an Infantry Division, an Armored Division, an… » ver todo el comentario
Pues los underdogs en esa época eran los judíos. Al menos considerando la fuerte unidad árabe en torno a los árabes palestinos.
Y como dices, al establishment no le llamaba mucho la atención apoyarles
Al menos ciñéndose lo que dice el documento (más o menos):
Estados Unidos puede entonces verse obligado, debido a la simpatía despertada por parte del público estadounidense.
También es verdad que en aquella época no existían los superpetroleros, que en buena parte fueron los responsables de que dejara de prestarse atención a los conflictos por aquella zona.