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6pp typescript account of 'road information gained on a recent motor trip in Sinai [part of Egypt], Transjordan [Jordan] and Palestine', December 1927 - January 1928, prepared by Bagnold for use of British troops in Egypt; 'A blighted land', 4pp typescript account of part of the trip from Aqaba to Dead Sea.

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This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA’s life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with and on Chaim Weizmann [President of the World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1921-1931 and 1935-1946 and President of Israel, 1949-52] on subjects including: LSA's part in the Balfour Declaration [on supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine]; sovereignty over Jerusalem; British policy on Israel, particularly the attitude of Winston Churchill; the partition of Palestine, particularly over the Negev area and the policy of the Foreign Office;...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on and with the Jabotinsky family, particularly on the deportation of Eri Jabotinsky from Turkey, allegations that he had been involved in the assassination of 1st Lord Moyne [Deputy Minister of State, Egypt, earlier Walter Guinness] and attempts to get him a British visa. Correspondents include: Colin Thornley [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies] (2); Jeanne Jabotinsky (7); Josiah Wedgwood; 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies]...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Smuts on subjects including: accounts of military operations on the Tugela River [South Africa]; the Irish Convention (1917); the Palestine Campaign; the need for a separate Air Staff; costs of the separate war fronts; peace negotiations following the First World War; migration to South Africa; the Locarno Pact; the Imperial Conference (1926); LSA's Empire Tour; the proposal that Smuts should become High Commissioner of Palestine; the South African flag; the League of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with 1st Lord Moyne [Deputy Minister of State, Egypt, earlier Walter Guinness] on subjects including: Moyne's future; the Arab States and Palestine; war damage to Moyne's house; the situation in Beirut [Lebanon]; the Balkan Affairs Committee; American claims in Saudi Arabia; Egyptian internal affairs; Palestine and Jewish immigration; resentment against French influence in the Middle East; partition proposals; the breakdown in law and order in Ethiopia. Other...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on subjects including: a pension paid to the Turkish Imperial Family; French attempts to bring about a Four-Power meeting on the future of Germany; developing Empire trade and the influence of GATT [general agreement on tariffs and trade]; LSA's views on the situation in Palestine; National Service; defence of the Suez Canal [Egypt] and the Sudan problem; keeping out of internal Yugoslav politics [Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

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Correspondence with 5th Lord Salisbury [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1940-42 and 1943-45, earlier Lord Cranborne] on subjects including: Salisbury's visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in 1949 and Rhodesian views on federation; Palestine; the Parliament Bill and reform of the House of Lords; European unity; the constitution of Newfoundland [Canada]; migration to Australia; representation of the Dominions in an Imperial War Cabinet.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: organisation of the War Cabinet; the value of air transport, and LSA's view that the Air Ministry did not give it enough importance; averting famine in India; monetary and commercial policy and the possibility of this causing a split in the Conservative Party; the lifelong friendship between Churchill and LSA; honours for LSA; policy on European Union and India after the war; Army reform; Palestine; the possibility of India...

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Papers on the school, including the school timetable, notes on a proposed new building and an article on the school by the Principal, with rough notes by JWHM. Also includes prospectuses for the English College, Jerusalem and the Hebrew Technical Institute, Haifa and an inspector's report on the Hebrew Secondary School, Haifa.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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This file also contains an edited version of an interview given by Moberly as Consultant to the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, on his time in Qatar.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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Papers from the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies on the proposed university, for which JWHM was an advisor.

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Detailed briefings for Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, including itineraries for NK and Glenys Kinnock, details for a visit to the West Bank and Gaza [Palestine] by Glenys Kinnock and letters of thanks.

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Papers on NK’s visit to Jordan, Israel, Egypt and Palestine, including: text and draft of NK’s press statement from Jerusalem; overall assessment; rough notes of meetings with Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Minister of Defence, ? [Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs] and Hosni Mubarak [President of Egypt].

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Schedules for NK’s visits to Jordan, Israel, Egypt and Palestine. Includes rough notes of an interview for BBC radio and on a lunch at [or concerning] Gaza.