<Ul> <Li> United States (Vote: For): President Truman later noted, "The facts were that not only were there pressure movements around the United Nations unlike anything that had been seen there before, but that the White House, too, was subjected to a constant barrage . I do not think I ever had as much pressure and propaganda aimed at the White House as I had in this instance . The persistence of a few of the extreme Zionist leaders--actuated by political motives and engaging in political threats--disturbed and annoyed me ." </Li> <Li> India (Vote: Against): Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru spoke with anger and contempt for the way the UN vote had been lined up . He said the Zionists had tried to bribe India with millions and at the same time his sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, had received daily warnings that her life was in danger unless "she voted right". Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Nehru's sister, the Indian ambassador to the UN, occasionally hinted that something might change in favour of the Yishuv . But another Indian delegate said that India would vote for the Arab side, because of their large Moslem minority, although they knew that the Jews had a case . </Li> <Li> Liberia (Vote: For): Liberia's Ambassador to the United States complained that the US delegation threatened aid cuts to several countries . Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., President of Firestone Natural Rubber Company, with major holdings in the country, also pressured the Liberian government </Li> <Li> Philippines (Vote: For): In the days before the vote, the Philippines' representative General Carlos P. Romulo stated "We hold that the issue is primarily moral . The issue is whether the United Nations should accept responsibility for the enforcement of a policy which is clearly repugnant to the valid nationalist aspirations of the people of Palestine . The Philippines Government holds that the United Nations ought not to accept such responsibility". After a phone call from Washington, the representative was recalled and the Philippines' vote changed . </Li> <Li> Haiti (Vote: For): The promise of a five million dollar loan may or may not have secured Haiti's vote for partition . </Li> <Li> France (Vote: For): Shortly before the vote, France's delegate to the United Nations was visited by Bernard Baruch, a long - term Jewish supporter of the Democratic Party who, during the recent world war, had been an economic adviser to President Roosevelt, and had latterly been appointed by President Truman as the United States' ambassador to the newly created UN Atomic Energy Commission . He was, privately, a supporter of the Irgun and its front organization, the American League for a Free Palestine . Baruch implied that a French failure to support the resolution might cause planned American aid to France, which was badly needed for reconstruction, French currency reserves being exhausted and its balance of payments heavily in deficit, not to materialise . Previously, in order to avoid antagonising its Arab colonies, France had not publicly supported the resolution . After considering the danger of American aid being withheld, France finally voted in favour of it . So, too, did France's neighbours, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands . </Li> <Li> Venezuela (Vote: For): Carlos Eduardo Stolk Chairman of the Delegation of Venezuela voted in favor of the 181 resolution . </Li> <Li> Cuba (Vote: Against): The Cuban delegation stated they would vote against partition "in spite of pressure being brought to bear against us" because they could not be party to coercing the majority in Palestine . </Li> <Li> Siam (Absent): The Siamese delegations credentials were cancelled after its vote against partition in committee on November 25 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> United States (Vote: For): President Truman later noted, "The facts were that not only were there pressure movements around the United Nations unlike anything that had been seen there before, but that the White House, too, was subjected to a constant barrage . I do not think I ever had as much pressure and propaganda aimed at the White House as I had in this instance . The persistence of a few of the extreme Zionist leaders--actuated by political motives and engaging in political threats--disturbed and annoyed me ." </Li> <Li> India (Vote: Against): Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru spoke with anger and contempt for the way the UN vote had been lined up . He said the Zionists had tried to bribe India with millions and at the same time his sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, had received daily warnings that her life was in danger unless "she voted right". Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Nehru's sister, the Indian ambassador to the UN, occasionally hinted that something might change in favour of the Yishuv . But another Indian delegate said that India would vote for the Arab side, because of their large Moslem minority, although they knew that the Jews had a case . </Li> <Li> Liberia (Vote: For): Liberia's Ambassador to the United States complained that the US delegation threatened aid cuts to several countries . Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., President of Firestone Natural Rubber Company, with major holdings in the country, also pressured the Liberian government </Li>

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