The Archive · 1939

Balfour Pledge White Paper

Publication to Be

Made te Messages Sent to Arabs SPECIAL fo THE "Nenn"

London, 3 In the House of Commons today, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, promised to issue a White Paper at an early date, containing messages regarding the Balfour Declaration which were conveyed to the Arabs in 1918.

The Palestine Committee of the Cabinet considered the British proposals this morning.

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Colonial Secretary, later had a talk with Tewfk Pasha, Chief Minister of Trans-Jordan, on Trans-Jordan and Palestine affairs. Later in the day, Mr. MacDonald and Mr. R. A. Butler. Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. had an informal talk with Ah Maher, Hamza.

Tewfik Suwaidi and Fuad Bey

Government representatives are putting the finishing touches to the British proposals, which, it is hoped, will be put before the delegations at meetings on Wednesday.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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