Autograph Draft of Speech, likely to be delivered at the United Nations

EBAN, ABBA.

New York

Early 1950’s

In English, on stationery of the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York. Unsigned

South African-born and Cambridge-educated Abba (Aubrey) Eban (1915-2002), simultaneously served as Israel's Ambassador to the United States and as Israel's Chief Delegate to the United Nations between the years 1950 and 1959. Eban was noted for his brilliant oratory and linguistic ability. In this draft of a speech, Eban holds the Arab nations responsible for the failure to protect, the sanctity of the Holy Places of Jerusalem