Sharett WebDocs
The documents listed below are keyed to references in Moshe Sharett: Committed to Peace - The Diary of Israel's First Foreign Minister and Second Prime Minister, 1953-1956. 3 vols. Edited by Neil Caplan and Yaakov Sharett. Indiana University Press, 2018.
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1A - Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement, February 24, 1949
1 - The Tripartite Declaration, May 25, 1950
2 - UN Security Council Resolution 95 (1951), September 1, 1951
3 - Excerpts from Sharett’s Speeches, Cabinet Meeting, October 18, 1953
4 - Excerpts from Sharett’s Knesset Speech, December 7, 1953
5 - Excerpts from PM Sharett’s Knesset Speech, March 8, 1954
6 – D. Ben-Gurion to M. Sharett, February 27, 1954
7 - Statement to the Knesset by PM Sharett on the Ma'aleh Akrabim Incident, March 24, 1954
8 - Summary of D. Ben-Gurion, “Our Security and the UN,” Davar, March 21, 1954
9 - Summary of Remarks by the Foreign Minister during a Consultation at the MFA, April 12, 1954
10 - Excerpts from Sharett's Speech to the Mapai Political Committee, April 15, 1954
11 - Winston Churchill to Moshe Sharett, April 23, 1954
12 - Jawaharlal Nehru to Moshe Sharett, June 5, 1954
13 - Excerpts from the Cabinet Meeting of June 20, 1954
14 - Excerpts from Sharett Remarks, Mapai Political Committee, June 27, 1954
15 - Excerpts from PM Sharett’s remarks at the Cabinet meeting, July 2, 1954
16 – M. Sharett to A. Eban, July 13, 1954
17 - Excerpts from the Minutes of the Cabinet FADC meeting, July 19, 1954
18 - Sharett Remarks, Meeting of the Mapai Knesset Faction, July 20, 1954
19 - Sharett Remarks, Knesset FADC, July 21, 1954
20 - Note on Israel’s Responses to the Anglo-American Proposals for Border Pacification
21 - Excerpts from Remarks by Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon to the Senior IDF Echelon, July 27, 1954
22 - P. Lavon to M. Sharett, July 29, 1954
23 - PM Sharett Remarks, Cabinet FADC, August 25, 1954
24 - Excerpts from the Cabinet Discussions, September 5, 1954
25 - Excerpts from Sharett Remarks, Mapai Political Committee, September 6, 1954
26 - P. Lavon to E.L.M. Burns, September 8, 1954
27 – F. H. Russell Report of Conversation with PM Sharett, September 10, 1954
28 - Sharett interview, U.S. News & World Report, September 17, 1954
29 – D. Ben-Gurion, Selected Remarks, Mapai Central Committee, September 16, 1954
30 – Ambassador Evans Report on PM Sharett’s Press Conference, September 24, 1954
31 - General Burns’ Account of the Ein Hashofet Sheep Affair
32 - Reports by Ambassador Nicholls on his Conversation with PM Sharett, November 3, 1954
33 - Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Remarks in the House of Commons, November 2, 1954
34 - Sharett Reply, Knesset Debate, November 16, 1954
35 - Report of Israeli Officials’ Meetings with Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, November 1954
36 - Memorandum of Conversation following a Dinner at the US Ambassador’s Residence, December 7, 1954
37 - Ivan White Report of Meeting with PM Sharett, December 17, 1954
38 - Ambassador Nicholls Report on Egypt-Israel Frontier Tensions, December 19, 1954
39 - Instrument of Authority Establishing the Olshan-Dori Commission of Inquiry, January 1955
40 - Excerpts of PM Sharett’s Remarks, Cabinet Meeting, January 2, 1955
42 - Sharett Statement in the Knesset regarding the Execution of Israeli Spies in Cairo, January 31, 1955
43 - Extracts from PM Sharett Report to the Knesset FADC, February 8, 1955
44 - PM Sharett Report to the Knesset FADC, February 15, 1955
45 - Oral Message from US Secretary of State J. F. Dulles to PM M. Sharett, February 16, 1955
46 - Excerpts from Cabinet Discussions, February 20, 1955
47 - Ambassador Nicholls Report of Interview with PM Sharett, March 8, 1955
48 - Ambassador Lawson Comments following Interview (April 4, 1955) with PM Sharett
49 – Moshe Sharett to John Foster Dulles, April 12, 1955
50 – D. Ben-Gurion to M. Sharett, April 17, 1955
51 - John Foster Dulles to Moshe Sharett, April 16, 1955
52 - John Slade-Baker, Notes of Interviews with Yosef Tekoah and Moshe Sharett, April 19, 1955
54 – PM Moshe Sharett to US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, May 4, 1955
55 - Excerpts of PM Sharett Report to the Cabinet meeting of June 5, 1955
56 - Excerpts from Sharett Report to Mapai Political Committee, June 21, 1955
57 – PM Sharett Report to the Cabinet Meeting, July 10, 1955
58 - Proposals by Secretary of State Dulles for a Settlement in the Arab-Israel Zone, August 26, 1955
59 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with PM Sharett, August 28, 1955
60 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with PM Sharett, September 1, 1955
61 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with PM Sharett, September 8, 1955
62 - Excerpts of Sharett Report to the Cabinet on Negotiations with Eric Johnston, October 16, 1955
63 – A. Eban, Report of FM Sharett’s Meeting with J.F. Dulles, Paris, October 26, 1955
63A – D. Ben-Gurion to M. Sharett, October 28, 1955
64 - Notes of FM Sharett’s Meeting with Soviet FM, V. Molotov, Geneva, October 31, 1955
65 - UN Secretary-General's Proposals regarding Nitzana / al-Auja, November 3, 1955
66 - Note on John Foster Dulles' Preparations for his Meeting with Moshe Sharett, November 20, 1955
67 - Aide-memoire Handed to FM Sharett by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, November 21, 1955
68 - Conversation between J.F. Dulles, M. Sharett and others, Washington, November 21, 1955
69 - Aide-mémoire from the Israel Embassy, Washington, to the Department of State, December 6, 1955
70 - Record of Meeting between J. F. Dulles, M. Sharett and Others, State Department, December 6, 1955
71 - Reuven Shiloah Report of Meeting with F. H. Russell, Washington, December 7, 1955
72 - Exchange of Cables between W. Eytan and D. Ben-Gurion, December 12, 1955
73 - Moshe Sharett to John Foster Dulles, December 12, 1955
74 - Note on an Exchange between Abba Eban and David Ben-Gurion, December 1955
75 - FM Sharett Meeting with US Chargé d’affaires, Ivan White, December 25, 1955
77 – Note on the Mapai Political Committee Meeting, December 27, 1955
78 - Three Retrospective Accounts of the Circumstances of the December 1955 Kinneret Operation
79 - Ambassador Nicholls Report of Talk with FM Sharett, December 30, 1955
80 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with FM Sharett, December 30, 1955
81 - Excerpts of FM Sharett Opening Address to the Knesset, January 2, 1956
82 - Note on the Cancellation of Operation Omer, January 1956
83 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with PM Ben-Gurion and FM Sharett, January 9, 1956
84 - Excerpts of FM Sharett Closing Address to the Knesset, January 9, 1956
85 - Text of UN Security Council Resolution 111(1956), January 19, 1956
86 - Robert Anderson Report of Lunch Meeting with FM Sharett, January 23, 1956
87 - Note of Meeting between Ben-Gurion, Sharett and UN SG Dag Hammarskjöld, January 24, 1956
88 - Two Reports of Meeting between FM Sharett and US Ambassador Lawson, January 24, 1956
89 - Excerpts of Sharett’s Remarks, as taken from R. Anderson’s Record of their Meeting, January 24, 1956
90 - Two Reports of Meetings between FM Sharett, US Emissary Robert Anderson, and others, January 1956
91 - PM David Ben-Gurion to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, February 14, 1956
92 – M. Sharett to D. Ben-Gurion, February 15, 1956
93 – D. Ben-Gurion to M. Sharett, February 17, 1956
94 – M. Sharett to D. Ben-Gurion, February 20, 1956
95 – M. Sharett to D. Ben-Gurion, February 20, 1956
96 – D. Ben-Gurion to M. Sharett, February 22, 1956
97 - Note on the UN SG’s Efforts to Resolve the Egyptian-Israeli Frontier Dispute
98 - Ambassador Lawson Reports of Meeting with PM Ben-Gurion and FM Sharett, February 29, 1956
99 - Report of Gen. Burns' Conversation with FM Sharett, February 29, 1956
100 - Meeting between Ambassador Eban, Secretary of State Dulles, and others, March 2, 1956
101 - Extracts from Anderson’s Notes of his Meeting with Israeli Officials, March 9, 1956
102 – PM Ben-Gurion to President Eisenhower, March 16, 1956
103 - FM Sharett to UN SG Hammarskjöld, March 20, 1956
104 - Ambassador Lawson Report of his Meeting with FM Sharett, April 4, 1956
105 - Ambassador Lawson Report of his Meeting with FM Sharett, April 6, 1956
106 - Excerpts from FM Sharett Report to Cabinet, April 8, 1956
107 - UN Security Council Resolution 113 (1956), April 4, 1956
108 - Excerpts from Extraordinary Cabinet Meeting, April 13, 1956
109 - Ambassador Nicholls Report of Talk with FM Sharett, April 13, 1956
110 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Talk with FM Sharett, April 16, 1956
111 - Soviet Foreign Ministry Statement on the Situation in the Middle East, April 17, 1956
112 - Report of Meeting between PM Ben-Gurion, FM Sharett and UN SG Dag Hammarskjöld, April 18, 1956
113 - Excerpts of FM Sharett Report to Cabinet on Meetings with UN SG Dag Hammarskjöld, April 19, 1956
114 - Additional Notes regarding the Meeting between PM BG, FM Sharett and the UN SG, April 19, 1956
115 - FM Sharett Report to the Knesset FADC, April 23, 1956
116 - Excerpts from FM Sharett Report to the Knesset FADC, May 16, 1956
117 - FM Sharett, Draft Letter to Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pearson, May 2, 1956
118 - Notes on UN SG Hammarskjöld’s Report of May 9, 1956
119 - Ambassador Lawson Report of Meeting with FM Sharett, May 28, 1956
120 – M. Sharett to D. Ben-Gurion, May 29, 1956
121 - UN Security Council Resolution 114 (1956), June 4, 1956
122 - Extracts from the Hebrew Press, June 8, 1956
123 - “Behind the Ben-Gurion-Sharett ‘Controversy’,” Ma’ariv, June 11, 1956
124 - Excerpts of PM Ben-Gurion’s, FM Sharett’s and the Menachem Begin’s Knesset speeches, June 18, 1956
125 - Excerpts of PM Ben-Gurion’s Knesset Speech, June 19, 1956
126 - Selected Foreign Diplomats' Comments on FM Sharett’s Resignation, June-July 1956
127 - Selected Israeli Press Comments on FM Sharett’s Resignation, June 1956
128 – D. Ben-Gurion to H. Berger, June 27, 1956
129 - Meeting of the Mapai Ideological Circle, June 28, 1956
130 - Ben-Gurion Letter to Mapai Party Haverim, June 28, 1956
131 - Nahum Goldmann Appreciation of Moshe Sharett
132 - Exchange of Letters between Reuven Shiloah and Teddy Kollek, July 6 & August 13, 1956
133 - Sharett, Epilogue to Joel Brand’s book, On a Mission for those Sentenced to Death
134 - C.L. Sulzberger Article on Ben-Gurion, November 14, 1956
