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NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
8.3. SERVICE"
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
April 30, 1946
CAUTION: The following statement by the President MUST BE HELD IN
CONFIDENCE until released.
NOTE:
Release to newspapers appearing on the streets NOT EARLIER
THAN 7:00 P.M., E.S.T. , Tuesday, April 30, 1946.
The same release applies to radio commentators and news
broadcasters.
Please guard against premature release or advance speculation.
CHAPLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I am very happy that the request which I made for the
immediate admission of 100,000 Jows into Palestine has been unanimously
endorsed by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. The transference
of these unfortunate people should now be accomplished with the
greatest dispatch. The protection and safe-guarding of the Holy places
in Palestine sacred to Moslem, Christian and Jew is adequately provided
in the report. One of the significant features in the report is that
it aims to insure complete protection to the Arab population of
Palestine by guaranteeing their civil and religious rights, and by
recommending measures for the constant improvement in their cultural,
educational and economic position.
I am also pleased that the Connittee recommends in effect the
abrogation of the White Paper of 1939 including existing restrictions
on immigration and land acquisition to permit the further development
of the Jewish National Home. It is also gratifying that the report
envisages the carrying out of large scale economic development projects
in Palestine which would facilitate further immigration and be of
benefit to the entire population.
In addition to those immediate objectives the report deals
with many other questions of long range political policies and questions
of international law which require careful study and which I will take
under advisement.