13 July 194kiq ORIGINAL ENGLISH smart RECORD OF THE THIRTYEIGHTH MEETING held in Lausanne on Wednesday 13 July 1949 at 3130 pm Present Mr Benoist France ropresentatfve Of the Patriarch of Constantino ID: 866536
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1 UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COki!MIXSION
UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COki!MIXSION FOR PALESTINE -.a ii,., I -; p, ;" I !;-',“' 13 July 194kiq ORIGINAL: ENGLISH smart RECORD OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING held in Lausanne on Wednesday, 13 July 1949 at 3130 p.m. Present: Mr. Benoist (France) ropresentatfve Of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Western and Central Europe. He was therefore not only bishop of. the diocese but the representative of the Greek part played in history by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, he said PlaC@S and of administering
2 the ecclesiastical affairs of Christians
the ecclesiastical affairs of Christians in Palestine. His Eminence referred to the Brotherhood's activities in /erecting 2 erecting and supporting religious and even secular schools, hospitals and orphanages and to their work in succouring the poor and needy, and the basis of 1757 had established and con- firmed in 1852, The United Kingdom, as Mandatory Power, had continued to recognize the status wj and emphasized the fact that the Greek Orthodox Church, no means a satisfactory or complete solu- tion of the problemp especiall
3 y in view of the difficulties which the
y in view of the difficulties which the Administrator would encounter in his relations with both parties, With regard to the regime to be applied to Jerusalem, he wished to say, 1947 as the '; only one corresponding to Christian opinion, and the inter- nationalisation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas and free access to all Holy -3- would be satisfied if free access to the Holy Places were granted to all persons, as had the case during the Mandate. His Eminanoe wished not bo confined to the Old City but should be extended to b
4 oth parts. Such were the conditions unde
oth parts. Such were the conditions under which the Orthodox Church and the whole Christian world thought peace and pros- perity could exist in Palestine, In /Holy -4c. .j_ Holy Places. During the British Mandate, the GbVcrnmcnt of Pnlostin6 had roquostcd to cede the property to.thc clergy in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republids, but that request had not been compZicd with. It seemed however that some undcrstaDding existed between the Soviet authorities and the Is'raeli authorities with respect to their cession to the Soviet Churc