Political files: Palestine, 1928-07 - 1940-03
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on the Royal Commission investigating the partition of Palestine, with correspondents including: Mrs Edgar Dugdale [Blanche Dugdale]; Sir [Arthur] Henry McMahon; 1st Lord Peel [Chairman of the Palestine Royal Commission]; William Ormsby-Gore [Secretary of State for the Colonies, later 4th Lord Harlech] (2); John Martin, Secretary of the Palestine Royal Commission; Prince Abdullah, Emir of Transjordan [later King Abdullah of Jordan]; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence].
Papers include: notes on a conversation between LSA and the Palestine Royal Commission; print of LSA's article "The Future in Palestine" (1929); map of Palestine showing Jewish land ownership; statements of British policy and the proposed new constitution for Palestine; print of correspondence between Sir [Arthur] Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca (1915-16) with related documents from the Jewish Agency for Palestine; print of Palestine Land Transfers Regulations; notes by Leonard Stein [Honorary Legal Adviser, Jewish Agency for Palestine] on the Palestine conferences; documents relating to the Balfour Declaration, including a pamphlet on its origins by Mrs Edgar Dugdale; prints of papers giving the Jewish case against partition; statement by Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine, to the Palestine Royal Commission; draft speech notes by LSA on Palestine; copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Melchett [earlier Henry Mond], Jan Smuts, [? Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] and Malcolm MacDonald [Secretary of State for the Colonies]; account of a conversation between LSA, Josiah Wedgwood, Blanche Dugdale and others on bringing Palestine within the Commonwealth.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-07 - 1940-03
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 157
Finding aid date
2003-10-21 16:47:20.310000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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