Summary
The Prime Minister whose House of Commons statement of 3 April 1930 — that a double undertaking is involved in Palestine and that administration under the Mandate is an international obligation from which there can be no receding — the October 1930 statement quotes as the foundation of its own position (Palestine: Statement of Policy by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, lines 121-125).
Details
- The statement quotes him, with his name rendered “Mr. Eamsay MacDonald” as printed, for the words: “is an international obligation from which there can be no question of receding.” (line 125)
- In Wolfe’s account, the memorandum Palestinian Arabs dubbed the “Black Letter”, which negated the Passfield White Paper, was penned by Malcolm MacDonald and signed by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (Purchase by Other Means: The Palestine Nakba and Zionism’s Conquest of Economics, PDF p.17 / printed p.149, as recorded on Shaw Commission).
- In Banko’s account, his February 1931 letter to Chaim Weizmann retracted the White Paper’s recommendations and reaffirmed the Balfour Declaration (The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, PDF p.131 / printed p.120, as recorded on Shaw Commission).
Related pages
Palestine: Statement of Policy by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Passfield White Paper, Shaw Commission