The interest of most delegates here is centered not so much on the outcome of the Congress as on the League Council session early next month at which the fate of Britain’s Palestine policy is expected to be decided.
Few believe that the Council which has the final word on the Palestine mandate, will accept the British White Paper in the form offered by London after the Mandates Commission has rejected it. The possibility is not excluded however, that the Council while taking no immediate decision will refer it to a commission to study the question of whether the mandate can be flexibly interpreted in such a way as to make the White Paper acceptable to the League. It is to win this point that Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald is coming to Geneva.
The Jewish side however is not remaining silent and having the decision of the Mandates Commission of support it is already preparing quietly for a battle at the League session. For obvious reasons few of the Congress participants are aware of the details of these preparations and Dr. Weizmann talking to this correspondent remarked that “it would be much wiser to say nothing about it publicly.” Whatever Dr. Weizmann has to say will be said quietly to diplomats of countries which are represented in the League Council.
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