Abstract
The pushback within the AFSC articulated by Wriggins against resettlement as part of regional development was being felt elsewhere. On March 18, AFSC staffer George Mathues reported to James Read, secretary in the Foreign Service Section at AFSC, about a meeting of the American Volunteer Relief Agencies in the Middle East, an informal group organized by the US Department of State led by Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for the Middle East, Coordinator for Palestine Refugee Matters—and wealthy petroleum geologist—George McGhee. This group was comprised of a number of organizations including the National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC), the Near East Foundation, the Church World Service, and representatives from Gulf Oil, the Arab-American Oil Company, and the US Department of State. Mathues reported that Monsignor Thomas McMahon of the NCWC was adamant that UNRPR was not giving credit or financial support to other relief organizations, including his own. McMahon also decried the lack of coordination between UNRPR and private aid groups. Above all, McMahon stressed that “repatriation is the only answer to the refugee problem. It should be our “party” line, although we should not go into politics.”1
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