In the course of his letter Mr.
"in the statement of policy issued in July lest, His Majesty's Government have expressed their general agreement with the arguments and conclusions of the Royal Commission ud their opinion that the scheme of fa tripartite division is the best and mest hopeful solution of the prob-
"in view of the public attention that' has been devoted to criticism of certain features of the tentative plan fof partition, T wish to make it clear that His Majesty's Government are no sense committed to approval of that plan and, in particular, that they have not accepted the Commission's proposal for the compulsory transfer, Ju the last resort, of Arabs from the Jewish to the Arab are:
"In the opinion of His Majesty's Governnient, the discussions at Geneva justify the undertaking of further in-Yestigations for the drawing up of more precise scheme, "A final decision cannot be taken in merely general terms, and a further Jenquiry will undoubtedly provide the necessary materials on which, when' the best possible scheme has been formulated, to judge of its equity and consent Ig forthcoming, for the nefGotlation of treaties with a view to the eventual establishment of inde~
"Tt may algo be necessary, in the light of the commission's report, for further consideration to the eurgestion fof the Permanent Mandates Commis-Sion that the Arab and Jewish areas should" be administered temporary funder a system of canonization oF under separate mandates."
conclusion Mr. states: "Tt is obvious, therefore, that, for some time to come, any action taken will be only of an explomtory
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