The Irgun attack on the British army camp on Pardes Hanna, near Haifa, this week, in which the commanding officer and seven soldiers were killed, was termed a “senseless crime” today by Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones in the House of Commons. “Such acts, committed by members of a community, which aspires to recognition by the world as being ready for acceptance into the community of nations, continue to blot the record of the Jews in Palestine,” he said. “This barbarity makes the withdrawal of British troops from Palestine even more urgent,” he added.
Winston Churchill asked that an investigation be made into the camp’s apparent unprepared ness. Replying to a question, Creech-Jones disclosed that military forces in Palestine are free to take whatever precautionary measures they deem necessary, and have all the powers they have requested from the High Commissioner.
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