The United States initially refrained from pressuring smaller states to vote either way, but
Robert A. Lovett reported that America's U.N. delegation's case suffered
impediments from high pressure by Jewish groups, and that indications existed that
bribes and threats were being used, even of American sanctions against Liberia and Nicaragua.
[94] When the UNSCOP plan failed to achieve the necessary majority on 25 November,
the lobby 'moved into high gear' and induced the President to overrule the State Department, and let wavering governments know that the U.S. strongly desired partition.
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