us-005578-irn40181
type: RecordSet
archival history: Centre des Archives Diplomatiques de Nantes (France)
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Centre des Archives Diplomatiques de Nantes (France)
has beginning date: 1938-01-01
has end date: 1949-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had identifier: 2
has or had some members with language: fra
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn40181
record resource extent: 132 pages of photocopies (31 documents),
record resource structure: Arrangement is thematic.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Contains a collection of diplomatic dispatches sent to all French diplomats during the period 1938-1949 concerning Palestine. Various subjects discussed include: illicit immigration to Palestine in 1939 (the exodus of Polish Jews toward the Levant); surveillance of the activities of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in October, 1939 and his"escap"; Zionist politics; a letter from the French Ambassador to Turkey in 1942 to the Admiral of the Fleet under Vichy in 1942 on the"Strouma Affai" [Struma];"Jewish Terrorism in Palestine" dated November 9, 1944; the evolution of the Palestinian economy and the projects of the Jewish Agency in November, 1944; and a dispatch from the French Ambassador to the United States to Georges Bidault on 8 February 1948, discussing the United Nations propositions to grant statehood to Israel and the diverging opinions of American diplomats.
title: Selected records from the French Diplomatic Archives in Nantes concerning Palestine