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Letter from James de Rothschild (23 St James's Place, [London]) to WSC, suggesting that Israel should be admitted to the British Commonwealth and sending a paper on the matter (not included), 1 Feb 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/31/87

Scope and Contents

Also on Rothschild and WSC having stayed in Jerusalem in 1921 when WSC "laid the foundations for the Jewish State by separating Abdullah's Kingdom from the rest of Palestine."

Annotated with a note by WSC.

Dates

  • Creation: 1 Feb 1955

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Folio 59 is closed on instruction of the Cabinet Office. The rest of the file is open.

Extent

1 item(s)

External Documents

Custodial History

On cataloguing this item was attached to a piece of paper annotated "2/197" [CHUR 2/197].

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers [from CHUR 2/197]. Particularly related to CHUR 2/197/131-154, letters on the same topic and Rothschild's paper on the pros and cons of Israel joining the Commonwealth, Feb-Apr 1955. CHUR 2/197/124-130 and 155-158 is also correspondence with Rothschild on different subjects, 1952-1956.

Bibliography

Quoted in 'Churchill and the Jews' by Martin Gilbert (2007) p. 292.

Bibliography

Published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 23 'Never Flinch, Never Weary, November 1951 to February 1965' by Martin Gilbert and Larry P Arnn, p.1887.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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