Asked by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency for a New Year’s message on the Palestine situation, Lord Passfield, British Colonial secretary, replied “in view of the fact that a statement as to the policy in Palestine is at present under consideration I regret that I cannot comply with your request.”
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