The Archive · 1939

Secret Letters on Near East War to Be Revealed

London, Feb. 14. the of sted in known as the MeMahon-Hussein cor-_A While Paper containing what is pondence—an exchange of letters the war against lear East. have always matnthat a pledge of Arab inde-ce is contained in the letters. of part of the mary to he said, made quit i desirable to accede.

Conferen:: A had been ice; and it hat

"Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Mr. R, A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, this afternoon continued their talks with the Jewish delegates to the Palestine Conference. The meeting lasted 2% hours. p -Later.another meeting was held, this time between the executive of the Jewish Agency, assisted by a small body of advisers, and Mr. Mac-Donald, the Marquess of Dufferin and Under-Secretary of State for the ies, and Viscount Halifax, the it ig gates included Lord Reading, Mr. 5 Chaim Weizmann and Mr. M. Shertok.

"It is understood in conference that the conversations on

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