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Fall 1937  Roger Makin’s advisor to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden

Fall 1937 India, Muslims, and Oil

Roger Makin’s adviser to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden:

“I WOULD VIEW WITH DISMAY THE POSSIBILITY THAT EGYPT, IRAQ, TURKEY AND PERSIA WOULD WORK AGAINST US WHICH THEY WILL DO IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO PALESTINE ON THE PRESENT SCALE.  THE ALIENATION OF THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES MIGHT BE TOTAL.”

Source: Sir Martin Gilbert:  British Policy towards Jewish Refugees 1933 to 1946; Miriam Rothschild and John Foster Human Rights Trust

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