Palestine to Israel by Michael J. Cohen

Author:Michael J. Cohen [Cohen, Michael J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780714633121
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1988-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

NOTES

1. Maj. Gen. I.S.O. Playfair, History of the Second World War. Military Series. The Mediterranean and the Middle East, i. (London, 1956), p.18. For a fuller treatment of British strategy in the Mediterranean in this period, see Chapter 5 in this volume. On the St. James’s Conference, and the resulting White Paper, as seen more specifically from the Zionists’ viewpoint, see N.A. Rose, The Gentile Zionists (London: Cass, 1973).

2. ‘Mediterranean and North-East Africa Appreciation’, of 21 Feb.1938, by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee (Chatfield, Newall, Gort), in WO 33/1507, PRO.

3. See previous chapter, pp.87–8.

4. Minutes of 374th meeting of CID, on 16 Feb.1939, ME (O) 297, in Cab.51/11, PRO.

5. See Anglo-French Conversations of 28–29 April 1938, in Documents on British Foreign Policy, Third Series, Vol. I, no.164 His Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO).

6. See Battershill-Sir Harold MacMichael, of 6 July 1938, in the MacMichael Papers, at the Middle East Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford.

7. Hagana. Officially illegal Jewish Defence Forces, based on rural settlements. But the British were well aware that settlements had relied on these forces during the riots of 1936, when there were insufficient British troops to guard outlying rural settlements.

8. Report by Haining, for the period 1 Aug.-31 Oct.1938, in CO 733/379,75528/74, PRO.

9. Report by Moshe Shertok to the Political Advisory Committee of the Jewish Agency, 1 Nov.1938, in S25/43, Central Zionist Archives (CZA). Moshe Shertok (later Sharett), Political Secretary of the Jewish Agency. Later Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Israel.

10. MacDonald-MacMichael, 22 Sept.1938, in CO 733/367, 75156/1, pt.1, PRO.

11. Minute by Sterndale-Bennett, of 17 Nov.1938, in CO 733/367,75156/1, PRO. The minute is crossed through.

12. For minutes of MacDonald’s meetings with Dr. Weizmann, see his memo, for the Cabinet, of 21 Aug.1938, CP 190, in Cab.24/278, PRO.

13. See Bullard-MacDonald, of 3 Aug.1938. Ibid.

14. Bullard’s half-hearted advocacy of the government’s policy on Palestine had precipitated a row between the Foreign and the Colonial Offices. For minutes on this, see CO 733/354, 75730/6, PRO.

15. See minutes of MacDonald-Weizmann meeting, of 14 Sept.1938, in S25/7563, CZA.

16. Lampson-MacDonald, 2 Sept.1938, in Premier 1/351, PRO.

17. Bateman-Oliphant, 30 Aug.1938, in FO 371/21881, E5726/10/31, PRO.

18. See his report of his visit of 6–7 Aug.1938, in FO 371/21863, E5151/1/31, PRO.

19. See minutes of meeting of 14 Sept.1938, in S25/7563, CZA.

20. MacDonald quoted to Weizmann the current case of the Sudeten Germans.

21. For note of meeting of 19 Sept.1938 at Weizmann’s house, see David Ben-Gurion, Letters to Paula (in Hebrew, Tel Aviv, 1968; English trans. Vallentine, Mitchell, 1971), pp.226–35.

22. Ben-Gurion, ibid., pp.231–2.

23. ‘Appreciation of the situation in the Middle East from the Intelligence aspect in the event of Great Britain and France becoming involved in war against Germany and Italy in April 1939’ – memo, of 9 Nov.1938, in WO 106–1594B, M.I. 2A.

24. MacDonald memo, of 20 Oct.1938, in FO 371/21865, E6572/1/31, PRO.

25. Memo, by H.F. Downie, of 2 Dec.1938, in FO 371/21868, E7349/1/31, PRO.

26. Ibid.

27. Foreign Office minute of 19 Dec.1938, in FO 371/21869, E7678/1/31, PRO.

28. This idea originated with J. Magnes (President of the Hebrew University) in Palestine.

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