A substantial loan by the United States, or other nations, to the Palestine Administration would go a long way towards securing Arab support for the recommendations of the Anglo-American committee, it was stated here today by the Economist, influential financial weekly. It urged the United States to assume some responsibility for Palestine.
Meanwhile, it is reported here by Reuters that if direct discussions on Palestine develop in Paris between Secretary of State Byrnes and Foreign Minister Bevin, as a result of the British note handed to Byrnes last night, Bevin will ask for large scale financial aid to cover the cost of the proposed Jewish immigration and cultural and economic development of Palestine; U.S. military reinforcements to double the present Palestine garrison; and talks on the possibility of a joint Anglo-American trusteeship for the country.
The Manchester Guardian suggests today that peace in Palestine could be secured by a combination of British and Jewish intelligence and security forces. In a letter to the Times this morning, Neil Malcolm, former League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that the recommendations of the Anglo-American committee on immigration were very specific and that the Palestine Government is not given discretion to determine the pace at which the 100,000 Jews should be admitted, but rather to exercise its judgment in allowing subsequent Jewish immigration.
BRITISH MILITARY AND NAVAL CHIEFS ASSEMBLING IN PALESTINE
The War Office announced that Sir Evelyn Barkem was en route to Palestine from Britain to assume command of British forces there. From Jerusalem it was reported that Admiral Sir Algernon C. Willis, new commander in chief in the Mediterranean, had arrived there from Alexandria to confer with High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham.
British troops in Palestine were reliably estimated here today to number two and a half divisions. They are supported by a number of Royal Air Force units and Haval Coastal Patrols and in an emergency would have behind them 15,000 members of the Palestine police and prison services. Aircraft with searchlights, naval craft patrolling the coastline, and land forces have all cooperated in recent actions against “illegal” attempts to land Jewish emigrants.
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