UNREST IN PALESTINE
BRITIBH POLICY CONSIDERED POINTS RAISED BY ARABS THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENTIONS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, April 19 Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Colonial Secretary, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, said the discussions on Palestine which took place recently in Egypt were not in continuation of the London Conference. Since the latter had ended, the Government had been considering its future policy in Palestine. In the course of an informal discussion before they left London, the delegates from some of the neighbouring Arab States had expressed certain views and raised certain points in connection with the Government's intentions. Further informal discussions which had subsequently taken place had been concerned with the elucidation of those points. Mr MacDonald declined to-reveal at present the points raised by the Arab States and made it clear that it. had been equally open to the Jewish Agency to raise points, had it so wished.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20785, 21 April 1939, Page 7
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