Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

867N.55/191

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

No. 3171

London, August 5, 1939.
[Received August 15.]

Sir: I have the honor to report, in continuation of my despatch No. 3037 of July 15, 1939¹² on the suspension of immigration into Palestine, that the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald) stated in the House of Commons on August 2 that the Government could not reconsider its previously announced decision in this matter and that the prohibition on immigration into Palestine for the six months’ period beginning October 1, 1939 would extend to refugee children and dependent parents.

An excerpt from Hansard giving the full text of Mr. MacDonald’s statements, together with the questions to which they were a reply, is enclosed.¹³

Respectfully yours,

Herschel V. Johnson

12. Not printed.
13. Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 5th ser., vol. 350, pp. 2393 ff.