Sue,—May I quote one commentary on your reprint of the
Balfour Declaration appended to Mr. Malcolm's letter? It is taken from the Churchill White Paper of 1922. " Phrases have been used such as that Palestine is to become ' as Jewish as England is English.' His Majesty's Government regard any such expectation as impracticable and have no such aim in view. Nor have they at any time contemplated . . . the disappearance or the subordination of the Arabic population, language or culture in Palestine. They would draw attention to the fact that the terms of the Declaration referred to do not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a Home should be founded in Palestine " This interpretation of the Declaration was accepted unanimously at the time by the Executive of the Zionist Organisation of which Dr. Weizmann was then, and is now, the chairman, and among, whose members were the late Mr. Jabotinsky, among whose followers and interpreters Mr. Malcolm is to be counted.—
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Yours obediently, A STUDENT OF THE PALESTINE PROBLEM.
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