Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin is expected to make a statement explaining the reason for dispatching British troops from Cyprus and Malta to Palestine when he opens a two-day Parliamentary debate on foreign policy tomorrow, Meanwhile, speculation is increasing concerning the possibilities that the move foreshadows a change in British plans to surrender the Palestine Mandate May 15.
Reports in the local press explain the unexpected move as the result of a plea by Palestine High Commissioner Sir Alan G. Cunningham to the Cabinet to prevent evacuation plans from being jeopardized, “by the Arab-Jewish conflict. It is believed that the request “was discussed by the Cabinet committee on defense and Chief of the Imperial Staff Viscount Montgomery.
The Admiralty today announced that the cruiser Newcastle has a vied off the coast of Jaffa, where an uneasy truce exists between the Jews and British and Arab forces in the all-Arab city. The announcement aids that the ship ismeraly “demonstrating”
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