http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection British Colonial Office: Palestine, Original Correspondence, 1925-1948 (CO 733) RG-59.003M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 Email: [email protected] Descriptive Summary Title: British Colonial Office: Palestine, Original Correspondence (CO 733) Dates: 1925-1948 RG Number: RG-59.003M Accession Number: 2001.102 Extent: 200 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: English Administrative Information Access: No restriction on access. Reproduction and Use: No restrictions on use. Preferred Citation: [file name/number], [reel number], RG-59.003M, British Colonial Office: Palestine, Original Correspondence (CO 733), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition Information: Purchased from the British Public Record Office, National Archives (Great Britain), United Kingdom. Existence and location of originals: The original records are held by British Public Record Office, National Archives (Great Britain), Kew Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, United Kingdom. Tel. 011 44 20 8876 3444. More information about this repository can be found at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm. 1 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka Historical Note The British Colonial Office, Palestine, was responsible for the civil administration of Palestine from 1918 to the expiration of British Mandate and subsequent Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948 Scope and Content of Collection Includes correspondence relating to British policy in Palestine, e.g., discussions with the Jewish Agency, other Jewish organizations, and individuals as well as world reaction to policy; petitions; Arab opposition and distutbances; Jewish immigration issues, granting visas, settlements, and illegal immigration; logistical/administrative concerns relating to public works, police, railways, and other infrastructure concerns; financial issues in Palestine; the Royal Commisssion on Palestine, Partition Commission, Jordan Valley Authority, and implementation of the United Nations Organizations Decision. System of Arrangement This collection is arranged in numeric order by the record group, series, and folder numbers used by the National Archive. All files belong to record group CO 733, and are subdivided first by series number, and then numerically by file number within each series. Indexing Terms Great Britain -- Colonial Office. Great Britain -- Army -- Jewish Brigade. Great Britain -- Army -- Jewish Brigade -- History -- Sources. British property -- Palestine. Colonial administrators -- Palestine. Public works -- Palestine. Immigrants -- Palestine. Haavara. Jewish soldiers -- Palestine. Refugees, Jewish -- Germany. Refugees, Jewish -- Palestine. Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948. Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. Palestine -- Economic conditions --1917-1948. 2 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Inventory: Reel File Description 1 CO 733/130 (1925-1927) 1 Future management of the Sinai Military Railway and transfer of the terminus to Port Fued 2 Protection of British Trade Marks in Palestine, case of the Pyrene Company and need for legislation ... 3 Jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in Palestine over Military and Air Force personnel: proposed amendm ... 4 Municipal Franchise (Amendment) Ordinance 1926 and 1927. 5 Report of the Department of Health for the year 1925, observations of the Colonial Advisory Medical... 6 Interpretation of regulations under the Palestine Immigration Ordinances, 1926. 7 Question of Immigration fee in Palestine. 8 Revised draft of the Palestine Customs Ordinance with explanatory note by the Attorney General. 9 Marriage of Palestinian citizens with persons of other nationalities. 10 Amendments and explanatory notes to an ordinance to provide for the Regulation of Railways. 11 Appointment of Specialist Surgeon, Dept. of Health, Palestine. 12 Immigration and Travel Section: appointment of staff. 2 CO 733/192 (1929-1930) 1 Disturbances: Jewish Agency Memorandum on the Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances ... 2 Summary of Proposals on Policy in Palestine by the Jewish Agency. 3 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 3 Land Law Amendment Ordinance. 4 Bulletins issued by the World Union of Zionist-Revisionists. 5 Establishment of a sports club at Haifa Harbour. 6 Medical Examination of Immigrants at Kantara. 7 Loan (Guaranteed) for Palestine. 8 Orthodox Patriarchate: claim for land taken by the municipality of Jerusalem. 9 Intoxicating Liquors (Sale on Credit) Ordinance, 1930. 10 Co-operative Credit Societies: visit of Mr C.F. Strickland. 11 Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) Ordinance. 12 Economic conditions of Fellahu, correspondence concerning imports and exports in Palestine. 13 Marriages in Palestine. 14 Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 15 Tobacco Amendment Ordinance. 16 Contempt of Court Ordinance No. 25 of 1930. 3 CO 733/193 (1930-1931) 1 Palestine: immigration and land development; report by Sir John Hope Simpson. 2 Tel-Aviv: Local Council Validation Ordinance. 3 Financial Policy, including the Haifa drainage scheme. 4 Interview between S. of S. and the Board of Deputies of British Jews concerning immigration. 5 Railway Employees; concessions to – 6 Assisted passages for British officers. 4 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 7 Maintenance Orders Ordinance. 8 Vacancy for an engineer and an assistant engineer in the Posts and Telegraphs Dept. 9 Reform of administration of Sharia Cowls and Waqf Funds. League of Nations: Permanent Mandates Commission's Report on 10 Palestine. 11 Afforestation (Suggestions of Mr A.W. Rowan). 12 Cabinet Committee on Policy in Palestine. 13 Reconstituted Cabinet Sub-Committee. 4 CO 733/194 (1930-1931) 1 Government House. 2 The Claim of Mrs R. Templeton against the Palestine Government. 3 Mining Concessions, Petition of Capt. L. Lloyd Williams. 4 Vacancy as Assistant Mistress for Needlework at Women's Training College. 5 Colonel Waley Cohen: interview. 6 Police Entertainment Allowances. 7 Re-organisation of Civil Administration. 8 Development Scheme. 9 Development Loan. 10 Palestine and Trans-Jordan Defence Estimates, 1931. 11 Co-operative agricultural experimental plots. 12 Financial Year in Palestine. 13 Medical Treatment for Government Officers. 5 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 14 Charter Party Ordinance. 15 English Zionist Federation. 16 Disturbances. 17 Economic Condition of Palestine, Note by 5 CO 733/197 (1930-1931) 1 Future Policy. 2 Future Policy: Arab Representation. 3 Future Policy: Letter to Dr Weizmann. 4 Discussion with Jewish leaders. 5 Future Policy: Representations of the Agudath Israel World Organisation. 6 Future Policy: Zionist Memorandum of 16-12-30 7 Secretary of States Memorandum? on future policy. 6 CO 733/198 (1930-1931) 1 Gratuities and Pensions, including individual cases. 2 Railways (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 4 of 1931. 3 Discussions with the Jewish Agency. 4 Haifa Harbour Works: Progress reports and financial situation. 5 Haifa Harbour Works: Contractors. 6 Haifa Harbour Works: labour questions. 7 CO 733/199 (1930-1932) 1 The Orange Trade: Import duties etc. 2 Grant for the Jerusalem Girls High School. 3 Tel-Aviv: financial position. 6 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 4 Leave Regulations of the Palestine Government. 5 Co-operative Credit Societies. 6 Proposed Agricultural Land Ordinance. 7 Land Question: permanent legislation. 8 CO 733/200 (1930-1932) 1 Dead Sea Salts. 2 Loan (Guaranteed) for Palestine. 3 Wadi Hawarith Lands. 4 Financial Commission on Orthodox Patriarchate, includes reports on 1926-27 and at 31st December 1927. 5 Retention of War Office documents by Miss F. Newton. 6 The Activities of Mr V. Jabotinsky. 7 New Government House, Jerusalem: estimates and the amount of land to be acquired. 8 General estimates for 1931 and 1933-4. 9 Palestine and Trans-Jordan Defence Estimates, 1931. 9 CO 733/201 (1930-1932) 1 Estimates of Revenue Expenditure 1931: advance approval. 2 Estimates: railways, 1931: advance approval criminal lunatics - a report by a Superintendent of Poli ... 3 Estimates: railways, 1931: advance approval. 4 Estimates: railways, 1931: advance approval. 5 Estimates 1931: Public Works, Extraordinary: advance approval. 6 Visas for Russians. 7 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 7 Maurommatis Concessions. 8 Jewish Agency. 10 CO 733/202 (1930-1932) 1 Tel-Aviv: Local Council Validation Ordinance. 2 Hebrew University. 3 Lighthouses. 4 Lighthouses: Administration; Revision of agreement. 5 Extradition Convention