Metadata : Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine, 1946: Papers
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The National Archives (UK)
- Holding institution (official language):
- The National Archives (UK)
- Postal address:
- KewRichmondLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomTW9 4DU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8876 3444
- Web address:
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The National Archives (UK)
- Holding institution (official language):
- The National Archives (UK)
- Postal address:
- KewRichmondLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomTW9 4DU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8876 3444
- Web address:
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Reference number:
- PRO 30/78
- Title:
- Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine, 1946: Papers
- Title (official language):
- Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine, 1946: Papers
- Date(s):
- 1945/1947
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 31 files and volumes
- Scope and content:
- Minutes of hearings of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine held in Washington, London, Cairo and Jerusalem, January-March 1946, together with questions put to witnesses by W F Crick, who was one of the British members of the committee.The series also contains the published report and proposals of the committee and 'A Survey of Palestine' prepared and published in 1946 by the Government of Palestine as an historical, geographical, administrative and economic account for submission to the Committee.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine was appointed by the government of the United States and United Kingdom as a joint body with two chairmen, Joseph C. Hutcheson (USA) and John E. Singleton (UK). The Committee was set up in January 1946 to report within 120 days on the political, economic and social conditions in Palestine relevant to Jewish immigration and settlement therein and the well being of the present population.It was also to examine the position of Jews in Europe and the practical measures necessary to enable them to live free from discrimination and to estimate those who may wish or be impelled to migrate. The enquiry took the form of public hearings of evidence in Washington DC, London, Cairo and Jerusalem and visits by members to the various countries concerned.
- Access points: locations:
- Great Britain
- Subject terms:
- Mandatory Palestine
- Access, restrictions:
- UK public records, open for research unless otherwise stated in The National Archives' catalogue
- Finding aids:
- More information is available in The National Archives' catalogue: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12024Research guidance is available on The National Archives' website: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/jews-and-jewish-communities-18th-20th-centuries/
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Reference number:
- PRO 30/78
- Title:
- Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine, 1946: Papers
- Title (official language):
- Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine, 1946: Papers
- Date(s):
- 1945/1947
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 31 files and volumes
- Scope and content:
- Minutes of hearings of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine held in Washington, London, Cairo and Jerusalem, January-March 1946, together with questions put to witnesses by W F Crick, who was one of the British members of the committee.The series also contains the published report and proposals of the committee and 'A Survey of Palestine' prepared and published in 1946 by the Government of Palestine as an historical, geographical, administrative and economic account for submission to the Committee.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine was appointed by the government of the United States and United Kingdom as a joint body with two chairmen, Joseph C. Hutcheson (USA) and John E. Singleton (UK). The Committee was set up in January 1946 to report within 120 days on the political, economic and social conditions in Palestine relevant to Jewish immigration and settlement therein and the well being of the present population.It was also to examine the position of Jews in Europe and the practical measures necessary to enable them to live free from discrimination and to estimate those who may wish or be impelled to migrate. The enquiry took the form of public hearings of evidence in Washington DC, London, Cairo and Jerusalem and visits by members to the various countries concerned.
- Access points: locations:
- Great Britain
- Subject terms:
- Mandatory Palestine
- Access, restrictions:
- UK public records, open for research unless otherwise stated in The National Archives' catalogue
- Finding aids:
- More information is available in The National Archives' catalogue: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12024Research guidance is available on The National Archives' website: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/jews-and-jewish-communities-18th-20th-centuries/
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
