867N.55/164: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 7—12:40 p.m.]
Department’s April 6, 11 a.m. The High Commissioner’s right of prescription was extended indefinitely by an amendment to the Immigration Ordinance published in the Official Gazette yesterday authorizing him to prescribe the maximum number of immigration certificates which may be granted in any specified period both in the aggregate and for all prescribed categories of immigrants. He has not however as yet exercised this right and no immigration schedule for the period begun April 1st has been promulgated. The Assistant Director of Migration informs me his Department does not know when the schedule will be announced or what the maximum numbers will be. They will, he believes, depend on the forthcoming British statement of policy on Palestine.