Herschel Johnson
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson was a U.S. diplomat from North Carolina. He was the great-grandson of Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson. He served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1921 to 1953, and
Herschel Johnson
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal developed by the United Nations for the future government of Mandatory Palestine following the termination of the British Mandate. Drafte
Herschel Johnson
…in Sweden, he made humanitarian efforts to save civilian lives and was in touch with Raoul Wallenberg. He was a vocal proponent of the 1947 Palestine Partition Plan. The outcome of the UN vote is attributed to his collaboration with Andrei A. Gromyko, otherwise Johnson's political opponent. They both stood together…
UNSCOP (3 September 1947; see green line) and UN Ad Hoc Committee (25 November 1947) partition plans. The UN Ad Hoc Committee proposal was voted on in the resolution.
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International zone around Jerusalem, boundaries proposed by the AD HOC Committee on the Palestine question
1947 meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York City