The negotiations between the Jewish Agency and the British Government were finally concluded with the publication of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s letter to Dr. Weizmann, which was made public on February 13th., the Colonial Office informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to-day. Neither Mr. MacDonald’s letter nor Dr. Weizmann’s letter, it was pointed out in this connection, make any mention of further negotiations.
The Colonial Office declined to say whether there are still any outstanding questions to be discussed other than with the Cabinet Committee.
I am hopeful, Dr. Weizmann concluded his letter to Mr. MacDonald, that the three parties, the Mandatory Government, the Arabs and ourselves, will now come together and work out a constructive policy for the future good and the development of Palestine.
Despite the repeated declarations by Zionist leaders that the Prime Minister’s letter to Dr. Weizmann marks the end only of the first stage of the negotiations, I have most reliable authority for stating that, in Ministerial circles, the discussions between the Cabinet Committee and the Zionist leaders are regarded as finally ended, the “Jewish Chronicle” Parliamentary Correspondent wrote on Friday. There is no intention whatever on the Government’s part, he said, to enter into further parleys with the Zionists, and it is authoritatively stated that there are no outstanding points which require further discussion.
At the same time further negotiations with the Government were spoken of in an official statement issued by the Zionist Executive recently given in the J.T.A. Bulletin of the 11th. inst. which said that “the Zionist Executive and the Political committee apointed by the Zionist General Council, in joint meetings held on February 16th.-18th. considered the political situation in the light of the Prime Minister’s letter to Dr. Weizmann. These meetings will be resumed after an interval of some weeks in order to consider the outstanding problems yet to be discussed in the course of further negotiations with His Majesty’s Government”.
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