867N.01/1185a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)

638. We realize that you have not yet had time to obtain information as to any decisions which the Cabinet may have taken regarding Palestine. In view of the intense interest in this country in the Palestine question any information you can obtain as to future British policy there would be most helpful. We are particularly desirous of learning whether the Government’s future policy will be announced at the time of publication of the Woodhead Report, presumably some time next week, or whether there will be an interval between the publication of the report and the announcement of policy.

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