At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed a new State of Israel in Palestine.
Secretary of State George Marshall send this telegram to Ambassador Douglas in London describing his expectation that the New Jewish State in Palestine would request recognition from the United States. Marshall conveyed that the United States would grant recognition to the Jewish provisional government as the de facto (in practice) authority of the Jewish state.
Later that day,the United States, in the person of President Truman, recognized the provisional Jewish government as the de facto authority of the Jewish State. De jure recognition (legal, by law) was extended on January 31, 1949.
