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[WEIZMANN, Chaim].

Letter from the President of Israel to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett,

mounted with a black and white photograph of president Weizmann entering Jerusalem for the first time.

Stock Code
100807
1949
£2,750

February 17th 1949 was the day of Weizmann's presidential inauguration. On that day Dr Chaim Weizmann became the first president of the Jewish state.
On this photo Dr Chaim Weizmann is cutting a ribbon with golden scissors during the ceremonies that marked his first visit to Jerusalem as president, with his wife, Vera, to his right and Mayor of Jerusalem Daniel Auster to his left, holding the scissors' box.

The photo mounted together with a letter sent by Weizmann to Moshe Sharett, the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time. The letter refers to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 303, adopted on the 9th of December 1949. The resolution was in support of placing Jerusalem under an international regime, conferring it a special status due to its shared religious importance. Israel refused to accept the resolution. Subsequently Israel's Prime Minister David Ben Gurion responded by proclaiming Jerusalem to be the

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Typed letter signed by Dr C. Weizmann; 1 leaf, 4to. Text in Hebrew and English, mounted with a black and white photograph signed and dated by Weizmann in green ink in the upper left corner.

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