The Archive · 1937

of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

It is further asserted that Husseini confessed his guilt.

Answering a recent statement by Sir Henry MacMahon that Palestine had not been included in the war promises made to the Arabs, Emir Abdullah of Transjordania addressed a memorandum to the British Government to-day. In it he declares he is the heir and present possessor of the documents exchanged between Sir Henry McMahon, at that time High Commissioner of Egypt, and Col. Lawrence on one side, and King Hussein of the Hedjas on the other. He was the last competent Arab witness and thereby qualified as leader in the fight for the chartered rights of the Arabs to Palestine Trans-Ocean.

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