Summary
The joint American-British body appointed by the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom whose report of 20 April 1946 recommended 100,000 immigration certificates for Jewish victims of Nazi and Fascist persecution and held that Palestine should be neither a Jewish state nor an Arab state (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 283-310, 412-444).
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The Committee was appointed with four terms of reference covering conditions in Palestine as they bear on Jewish immigration and settlement, the position of the Jews in Europe, hearings and consultation with representative Arabs and Jews, and recommendations for immediate needs and permanent solution; the two Governments requested its report within 120 days (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 283-310).
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Its transmittal letter to the President is signed by Joseph C. Hutcheson, American Chairman, and Frank Aydelotte, Frank W. Buxton, Bartley C. Crum, James G. McDonald and William Phillips (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 191-211).
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It assembled in Washington on 4 January 1946, held sessions in London from 25 January, investigated by subcommittees in Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Italy and Greece, sat in Jerusalem from 6 March, visited Arab capitals by subcommittee, left Palestine on 28 March and concluded its deliberations in Switzerland (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 283-310).
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The Report’s signature list (lines 1751-1779) names twelve members in all (computed from the names listed): Joseph C. Hutcheson, American Chairman, and John E. Singleton, British Chairman, with Frank Aydelotte, Frank W. Buxton, W. F. Crick, R. H. S. Crossman, Bartley C. Crum, Frederick Leggett, R. E. Manningham-Buller, James G. McDonald, Morrison and William Philips (spellings as printed there); Appendix I’s itinerary identifies Morrison as Lord Morrison (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 1751-1779, 1867-2036).
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Appendix VII lists the Committee’s staff: research staff Paul L. Hanna, Frederick V. Loud and William F. Stinespring (American) and Paul A. Wilson, E. Christie Willatts, Miss Hazel Hamilton and Miss Mary Chanter (British); administrative officers William M. Rountree and William F. Teagle; verbatim reporters Miss Margaret Omer, Miss Helen B. Campbell, Miss Helen Painting, MBE, and Miss I. M. Audrey Grundy; and eight secretarial staff (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 3201-3235). Its appendices reproduce the estimated Jewish population of Europe tables (Appendix III), a historical background of Palestine (Appendix IV), a public-security narrative (Appendix V) and the Mandate text (Appendix VI) (Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, lines 2336-3122).
Related pages
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Jewish Agency, Peel Commission