Though His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I had domestic concerns he wished to discuss with President Truman, his more pressing concerns were regarding the State of Israel and the catastrophe that occurred there during the Jewish Independence War. As such, he has divided his agenda for the President into two parts.

Israel

Concerning the plight of the Jewish people, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, would like to extend a request to the United States for the full support of the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, where the Jewish homeland is, and from where the Jews were expelled and ethnically cleansed to the tune of hundreds of thousands, many of those killed having just escaped the horrors of the Fuhrer’s Germany just three years ago.

Regarding this, His Imperial Majesty has provided the Jewish people a self governing autonomous province within the Ethiopian State. And His Imperial Majesty has agreed with David Ben-Gurion that from this province – Begemder – the Jewish people and Zionist movement can make preparations for the capture and liberation of their homeland. The Ethiopian state will not molest Jewish activities to pursue this goal, and we will support them with all that we can muster.

Though we are ravaged from occupation and the war (more on this later), we still support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. One proposal is while the Jews are training in Begemder, the United States and Ethiopia pursue closer relations. While we have plans to discuss this more in the second section, our closer relations will also help us both help the Jewish cause. Jewish purchases of US equipment will be transferred to Ethiopia under the guise of Ethiopian purchases of US equipment to rebuild our army (something we intend to do regardless). This way the Arabs and the British will have no knowledge that the Jews are creating a strong and modern army and airforce.

Other Things

• His Imperial Majesty wishes to increase the connection between the Americans and the Ethiopians, facilitated with the creation of an Ethiopian Embassy in Washington District of Columbia, and an American Embassy in Addis Ababa.
• With the Soviet disgusting blockade of Mashall Aid, we would like to request some of those funds be provided to rebuild our state – not just rebuild to pre-war levels, but revolutionize and modernize. We request US aide towards the development of an industrialized agricultural base for Ethiopia, followed by industrialized manufacturing, though the specifics of such an arrangement can be discussed later.
• As previously mentioned, we need to urgently modernize our military and would like to request US aid in that field as well.
• We ask the United States to support us in diplomatically enforcing the Treaty of Paris and seeing the British vacate Eritrea and the Ogaden. As such, we would also like to request US aid in rebuilding the port facilities at Massawa, after which we would invite the United States to operate out of Massawa, should they desire, as well as naval rights that that entails, a valuable outlet on the Red Sea free of continental European politics.

We are open to discussing any further cooperation that the US deems necessary.