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        <titleproper>W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence</titleproper>
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      <p><![CDATA[Manchester Guardian This series comprises the confidential foreign affairs correspondence of W.P. Crozier. Many of the materials are bundles of correspondence and reports sent to Crozier by correspondents. Crozier collected these materials, adding his own notes and materials about the editorial and business affairs of the . Most of the materials are marked confidential or secret. Many have been translated from Hebrew and a small number are in French, German, and Hebrew. The correspondence is largely concerned with the Zionist movement, particularly in Palestine. There are significant materials relating to the creation of Jewish settlements in Palestine, the efforts of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and debates about the creation of a Jewish state. With the growing persecution of Jews under the Third Reich, a large portion of the correspondence concerns the refugee crisis of Jews who fled to Palestine and were interned in detention camps. There are also materials relating to the defence of Palestine during the Second World War, Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine, and the Middle East more broadly, including Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Egypt. Crozier's primary source of information regarding Palestine and the Middle East was Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier, a Jewish historian and long-time professor at the University of Manchester who frequently sent Crozier bundles of documents. The series also contains materials from Chaim Weizmann, another University of Manchester professor and Zionist who later became the first President of Israel, and Moshe Shertok [later Sharett], secretary of the Jewish Agency and later Prime Minister of Israel. Zionist Review New Statesman and Nation The series also contains materials regarding foreign affairs during the Second World War. There is correspondence concerning diplomatic and military action in Russia, Germany, France, Japan, the United States, and most of the countries involved in the war. Crozier's primary correspondents for foreign affairs were Charles Lambert, Alexander Werth, and Marcel Fodor. The series contains interviews with prominent figures such as Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner for Palestine, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Sir Winston Churchill, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Anthony Eden, David Lloyd George, and Walter Guiness, 1st Baron Moyne. There are also clippings from publications such as the and the , including publications from South Africa and Palestine. Manchester Guardian The remainder of the series concerns domestic affairs during the war, including air raid reports, home security reports, rationing, the evacuation of British children, and the wartime operations of the .]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[The original order of the correspondence, which was based on numbering individual pieces in chronological order, has been maintained. In the original order, bundles of materials sent to Crozier from one source were separated and put in chronological order with the rest of the correspondence and his notes. Each item is a file arranged chronologically. The items are as follows:]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[Guardian: Biography of a Newspaper Ayerst, D. (London: Collins, 1971). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Morris, A.J.A. 'Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944)', , Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32651, accessed 12 Jan 2016]]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[Times Manchester Guardian William Percival Crozier was born on 1 August 1879 in Stanhope, County Durham, the son of a Methodist minister. After reading classics at Oxford and becoming a schoolmaster for a year, he became a journalist for the . After several months, he joined the in 1903. Crozier quickly impressed the newspaper's editor, C.P. Scott, who put him in charge of much of the newspaper's operations, including news gathering and reforming the foreign news service. Manchester Guardian Under Crozier's leadership, the consolidated its reputation as a paper of national and international renown. His journalistic passion was foreign affairs and he maintained a global network of correspondents with whom he communicated nearly constantly throughout his career, exercising a remarkable degree of control over their work and every detail of the newspaper's publication. In addition to pioneering the paper's coverage of foreign affairs, Crozier reformed the paper's format, drastically increasing the use of maps and photographs. He was responsible for the introduction of a women's page in 1922 and a daily crossword in 1929. Manchester Guardian After the premature death of C.P. Scott's son Ted in 1932, Crozier was made editor of the . The outbreak of the Second World War allowed him to expand the paper's coverage of foreign affairs. Crozier had been critical of Nazism since 1933, when Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany. A fervent Zionist and Biblical scholar, Crozier had a particular interest in the creation of a Jewish national home, Palestine, and the fate of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. Manchester Guardian Crozier led the through the turbulent years of the war, offering incisive analysis of foreign affairs and continuing to write articles for the paper in addition to his editorial work. During this period, he navigated the paper through challenges such as wartime censorship, frequent air raids in Manchester, and paper rationing. He was renowned as a particularly meticulous editor, especially regarding grammar and the introduction of jargon and colloquial language into copy. Crozier regarded himself as the inheritor and protector of C.P. Scott's legacy of excellent journalism which was concise, correct, and clear. In the final years of his life, Crozier was plagued by ill health. He continued working until his death on 16 April 1944.]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[The collection is open to any accredited reader. The collection may include material which is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998. Under Section 33 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), The University of Manchester Library (UML) holds the right to process personal data for research purposes. The Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2000 enables the UML to process sensitive personal data for research purposes. In accordance with the DPA, UML has made every attempt to ensure that all personal and sensitive personal data has been processed fairly, lawfully and accurately. Users of the archive are expected to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, and will be required to sign a form acknowledging that they will abide by the requirements of the Act in any further processing of the material by themselves.]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[Photocopies and photographic copies of material in the archive can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents. A number of items within the archive remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Prior written permission must be obtained from the Library for publication or reproduction of any material within the archive. Please contact the Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3EH.]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[A catalogue for the Archive as a whole, including this series, is available on the University of Manchester Special Collections website There is also a collection-level description of the Archive available via .]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[Guardian News and Media Archive]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[Later records of the from the late 1960s to the present are held at the in London.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence relating to Palestine and the Middle East, particularly the settlement of Jewish refugees from Europe and the creation of a Jewish state. The file includes reports on the agricultural and financial resources of Palestine, the arms smuggling trade, and detailed accounts of interviews between Moshe Shertok [Sharett] and Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner for Palestine. There are also significant materials from Chaim Weizmann, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, and Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier. Pieces 145/31-34 and 145/36 are missing.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains reports concerning the political situation in Europe after Germany's annexation of Austria, the plight of Austrian Jews attempting to flee to Palestine, the establishment of the Hanita settlement in Galilee, and the proceedings of the Palestine Partition Commission.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains reports and correspondence concerning plans for continued Jewish settlement in Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish state, including the settlement of the Alonim group of immigrant youths, the potential establishment of a Jewish settlement at Galilee, the prospective treatment of the Arab minority in the Jewish state, and British defence plans. There are also demographic reports estimating the number of Jews in Palestine and the number of Jews who were trained craftsmen or soldiers. There are also minutes of various meetings between the Palestine Parition Commission and the Jewish Agency for Palestine to discuss potential borders and policies of a Jewish state.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file primarily contains reports and correspondence concerning violence against Jews in Palestine, including local bombings, the arming of Jews for self-defence, and meetings with Turkish and Palestinian officials. There are also reports on two new Jewish settlements, anti-Jewish propaganda in Lebanon, Palestinian security, and the minutes of the proceedings of the Palestine Partition Commission.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains a mixture of correspondence concerning foreign and domestic affairs. The foreign correspondence concerns negotiations with China and Japan about the Burma Road, rumours of a German invasion of Ireland, the mobilisation of troops in Palestine, public opinion in South Africa, reactions to the battle of Dakar and the Vichy government, and interviews with Jews and Muslims in Baghdad, Beirut, and Damascus. Domestic correspondence concerns the natural resources of Great Britain, continued debates about censorship and the role of the press, and public opinion of Neville Chamberlain. Two pieces are marked 145/40/128.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[Manchester Guardian The file primarily contains correspondence and Crozier's notes relating to domestic affairs, including reports of air raid casualties, circulation of the , food shortages, and relations with Ireland and Irish neutrality. Foreign correspondence concerns reports from French soldiers and other informants in Syria, diplomatic relations with the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, and the Vichy government, Spain's annexation of Tangiers, and Jewish refugees turned away in Palestine.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[Manchester Guardian The file contains correspondence and reports concerning the aftermath of the disaster, including accounts of meetings between Moshe Shertok [Sharrett] and High Commissioner for Palestine Harold MacMichael. There are also reports on the state of the Near and Far East and Yugoslavia. Domestically, the file contains air raid reports. There is also correspondence concerning censorship of the British press and the operations of the during the war, including wartime bonuses for some staff members and mention of an office air raid shelter.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[Manchester Guardian This file contains extensive materials on diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Russia, negotiations with Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Japan, and British military action in France and Belgium. There are also materials concerning the circulation of the and the possibility of mandatory censorship of the British press. The file contains correspondence from Alexander Werth, correspondent in Russia, and Charles Lambert, correspondent in Germany.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[Patria Manchester Guardian The file contains correspondence and reports concerning domestic and foreign affairs, including reports of the treatment of Jewish refugees by British soldiers, Libya, Finland, and Jewish refugees aboard in the wake of the disaster. Domestically, the file contains materials concerning rationing, the evacuation of British children, air raid reports, and interviews with Anthony Eden. There are also materials concerning the circulation, sales, advertisement,and accounts of the .]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence and reports concerning domestic and foreign affairs, including reports on the state of the British navy and army, accounts of meetings between Anthony Eden and Joseph Stalin and a meeting between Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier and Edvard Beneš about the Czechoslovakian Jews. There are also materials concerning Yugloslavia, Spain, Iraq, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Japan, Denmark, and relations between Jews and Arabs in Palestine. Additionally, there is a significant amount of materials concerning the deportation of Jewish refugees from Palestine and mobilising Jewish forces in Palestine. Finally, there are air raid reports, accounts of meetings concerning censorship of the British press, British agriculture, shortages, and rationing, and the British Home Guard.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[Manchester Guardian The file contains correspondence and Crozier's notes on foreign and domestic events. Materials include reports on continued Jewish immigration to Palestine, including the arming of Jewish refugees and Jewish divisions in the British armed forces, and correspondence from Charles Lambert concerning the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, the Vichy government, Spain, Libya, and food supplies in France. There are also reports about the Blitz, including air raid reports and analysis of the effects on the economy and workforce, as well as reports on the cabinet and provisions for the wartime running of the , including materials concerning paper supplies, salaries, finances, and air raid provisions.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains foreign correspondence, primarily from Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier and Charles Lambert. Contents include air raid reports and reports on diplomatic relations in Russia, Iraq, Japan, Poland, France, Syria, Palestine, and Turkey. A large portion of the materials deals with the German invasion of Russia and anti-Jewish riots and pogroms in Baghdad. Other topics include petrol rationing in Britain, the United States's take over of military operations in Iceland, air raids in Hull, the situation of Jews in Yugoslavia, the proceedings of the Home Security Conference, and the Jewish Agency for Palestine's efforts in the United States. There are also reports about demographic statistics in Palestine and Transjordan and interviews with Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, David Lloyd George, and Peter Fraser, the Prime Minister of New Zealand.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains foreign correspondence, especially from Charles Lambert and Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier, concerning relations between Syria and France, Russia, Germany, Lebanon, Egypt, the United States, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Libya, the Battle of the Atlantic, Palestine, Japan, and Turkey. There are also materials concerning the Jewish war effort in Palestine, Jews in Croatia, Rudolf Hess, Charles de Gaulle, the possibility of an Arab Federation, reactions to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Eight Point Plan, and analysis of American political figures such as Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles. The file also contains materials concerning the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and debates about potential candidates to replace the Shah. The file contains a letter from Chaim Weizmann to Sir Winston Churchill, interviews with William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, the Greek and Turkish consuls, and eyewitnesses in Palestine, Tehran, and Syria. There is also the record of a meeting concerning censorship of the press in Manchester. 145/41/469 and 145/41/471 are numbered as separate pieces, but they are two consecutive pages of the same document. 145/41/488 and 145/41/481 and 145/41/485 are numbered as separate pieces, but they are two consecutive pages of the same document.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence largely concerned with foreign affairs, including Iran, Libya, Turkey, trade agreements between Turkey and Germany, Mexico, the United States, Spain, Palestine, Persia, Italy, Serbia, Finland, and the possibility of a Japanese attack on China or Russia. There are also materials concerning the Zionist movement in South Africa, the Jewish and Palestinian contributions to the war effort, the possibility of a Jewish Division within the British armed forces, work camps in France, Jewish detainment camps in Mauritius, and reports on home security. In three instances, two pieces have been given the same reference number: 145/41/505, 145/41/527, and 145/41/548.]]></p>
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          <p><![CDATA[The file contains foreign correspondence on topics including Hitler's plan for a "new order in Europe", Persia, Finland, Japan, Libya, Abyssinia/Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, India, Russia, Burma, the Battle of Rostov, public opinion in Germany, Jews in Romania and immigration of Romanian and Hungarian Jews to Palestine, and Sir Winston Churchill's visit to the United States. The file also contains correspondence between Chaim Weizmann and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, an account of a meeting between Mose Shertok [Sharrett] and Sir Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner for Palestine, an interview with Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, interviews with Russian officers in Palestine, a report on home security, a report on German activities in the Middle East, and an account of Anthony Eden's meeting with Joseph Stalin.]]></p>
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          <unitid>GDN/145/42/1-100</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">100 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">[1 Jan]-12 Feb 1942</unitdate>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence and reports concerning Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Syria, Yugoslavia, Malaya, Spain, Switzerland, Lebanon, Abyssinia/Ethiopia, Persia, German military operations, German activities in the Middle East, changing relations with the Vichy government and Charles de Gaulle, Jews in France and the Netherlands, and demographic data about the Jewish population in France, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunis. The file also contains correspondence from interned Jewish refugees in Mauritius and appeals to admit children and relatives turned away or detained in Palestine. The file contains accounts of a meeting between Chaim Weizmann and Anthony Eden and interviews with the president of Lebanon, the Soviet ambassador to Turkey, and the consuls of Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.]]></p>
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        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/42/101-200</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">100 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">13 Feb-27 Mar 1942</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Struma Struma The file contains materials relating to Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Singapore, Syria, Libya, Japan, Hungary, Madagascar, China, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Poland, Indian independence, and German naval operations. There are significant materials regarding the recruitment of Jews for military service in Palestine, the evacuation of children from Greece, diplomatic negotiations between Japan and the Pope, the situation of Jews in Slovakia and Iraq, responses to the disaster, negotiations of the post-war borders of Russia, and divisive debates within Free France. The file contains an account of a meeting between Chaim Weizmann and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, an interview with Sir Stafford Cripps, a report from Turkey immediately after the sinking of MV , and an account of the treatment of a Jewish soldier in the Royal Air Force.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/42/201-300</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">99 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">27 Mar-14 May 1942</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Struma The file contains materials concerning France, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Palestine, Italy, Germany, Libya, Madagascar, Egypt, Spain, and Japan. There are materials relating to recruitment of Jewish soldiers in Palestine, the impact of the disaster, morale of British soldiers, the negotiation of Russia's borders after the war, the exchange of wounded soldiers between Britain and Italy, Jewish refugees in Palestine, and the persecution of Jews in Slovakia. The file contains correspondence of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and reports about the impact of the Baedeker Blitz, particularly in Bath and Norwich. 145/42/216 and 145/42/217 are numbered as separate pieces, although they are consecutive pages of the same document.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/42/301-400</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">100 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">15 May-8 Jul 1942</unitdate>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[The file contains materials concerning, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Libya, Egypt, France, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. It includes correspondence concerning German losses in Russia, a potential German invasion of Palestine, the continuing refugee crisis in Palestine, the mobilisation of Jewish manpower in Palestine and calls for a Jewish army to defend Palestine, negotiations of the post-war Russian frontier, the Anglo-Soviet treaty of 1942, communist propaganda in Egypt, and home security press conference briefings concerning the Baedeker Blitz. The file contains an interview with Alfred Nakash, the president of Lebanon, a letter from Chaim Weizmann to Sir Winston Churchill, an account of a meeting between Chaim Weizmann and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, and reports on the treatment of Jews in Iraq, including an inquiry into the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad in June 1941.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/42/401-500</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">100 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">8 Jul-8 Oct 1942</unitdate>
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            <language langcode="fra" encodinganalog="3.4.3">French</language>
            <language langcode="deu" encodinganalog="3.4.3">German</language>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence relating to Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Germany, Anglo-American relations, shipping convoy losses, Japan, and the possibility of a Japanese attack on Russia. The file also contains significant materials relating to Palestine, including the continuing arrival and internment of Jewish refugees, the defence of Palestine, the League for Jewish-Arab Rapproachment and Cooperation, and a report proposing a post-war settlement of the Jews in the Jordan river valley. The file also contains air raid and home security reports, a report on Jewish refugees in Mauritius, a report on the treatment of Jews in Russia, and interviews with Jan Smuts, president of South Africa, and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, Secretary of State for the Colonies.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/42/501-24</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">24 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">11 Oct-23 Dec 1942</unitdate>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[The file contains foreign correspondence primarily concerning the Middle East, including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, the recruitment of Jewish doctors for the British army, the treatment of enlisted Jewish soldiers and Jewish members of the Palestine Police Force, the movement of Jewish refugees to Cyprus, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and shifting public opinion of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. The file also contains a report on the Jewish populations of France, the Netherlands, and Poland, including demographic estimates. The file also contains an interview with Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the United States Secretary of the Treasury.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/43/1-61</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">61 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">28 Jan-22 Dec 1943</unitdate>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[The file contains correspondence relating to the Middle East, primarily Palestine. It contains materials concerning the defence of Palestine, plans for the post-war agricultural and industrial development of Palestine, negotiations for the prospective borders of a Jewish state, and reactions to the trials of Eliahu Sacharov, Abraham Rachlin, and Leib Sirkin, who were convicted of running a Jewish arms trade in Palestine. The file also contains materials concerning Lebanese elections and demographic estimates in Lebanon, continuing Jewish immigration to Palestine, Jewish deportees in Mauritius, Jews in Germany, Greece, Poland, and the Netherlands, and Jews liberated from concentration camps. The file contains an account of a meeting with Oliver Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies.]]></p>
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      <c01>
        <did>
          <unitid>GDN/145/44/1-14</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">File</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">14 pieces</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">10 Feb-20 Jun 1944</unitdate>
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        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[This file contains correspondence concerning pogroms in Poland and the liquidation of concentration camps, negotiations for the post-war borders of Russia and Poland, and the transportation of Jewish refugees to Palestine. The file also contains a report on the British search of the Ramat HaKovesh kibbutz, an eyewitness account of public opinion in Germany, and debates about whether newspapers should publish stories about the successful escapes of prisoners of war at the risk of compromising similar escape attempts.]]></p>
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