THE UNITED STATES WILL WITHHOLD JUDGMENT ON BRITAIN’S PLAN TO PARTITION PALESTINE UNTIL IT SEES “THE MANNER IN WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY,” SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL DECLARED IN A LETTER TO THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA, MADE PUBLIC HERE TODAY.
REPLYING TO A TELEGRAM JULY 8 ASKING MR. HULL TO INTERCEDE AGAINST PARTITION UNDER THE 1924 TREATY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS COUNTRY’S INTEREST IN PALESTINE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLARED THAT PRIOR TO ITS RECEIPT “THE ATTENTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD AGAIN BEEN DRAWN TO THE INTEREST AND CONCERN FELT IN THE PALESTINE QUESTION BY RAGE GROUPS OF AMERICA CITIZENS.”
“WE SHALL CONTINUE TO GIVE, AS WE HAVE GIVEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, OUR FULL AND SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE PALESTINE PROBLEM,” MR. HULL WROTE.
As the Year Turns, Support the Journalism You Trust. JTA covers the stories shaping Jewish life around the world — with the depth this moment calls for. As you reflect on the year ahead, consider a gift that keeps independent Jewish journalism strong.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
