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Fifteen months ago Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was full of pith and vinegar. In the House of Commons his strong voice rasped: "I will stake my political future on solving this [the Palestine] problem." Last week, sick & tired and with a voice that was little more than a heavy sigh, Ernie Bevin told the House that he had failed...
Winston Churchill asked why the Palestine case had not been referred to the U.N. a year ago. Weary Bevin replied: "After 2,000 years of conflict, another twelve months will not be considered a long delay...
PARIS, February 27--Reliable reports said today that Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin would sign a French-British alliance at some port along the French channel coast next Wednesday...
...Leverage. Palestine's position in the Middle East had some importance both in oil strategy and military strategy - though both were frequently exaggerated. Nevertheless, Ernest Bevin realized that Britain was paying too much for whatever advantages Palestine gave her. Policing Palestine was a drain in pounds sterling, a drain in manpower for troops. And Palestine was a drain on British prestige, for the Arabs blamed Britain for protecting Jews, and the Jews blamed Britain for shutting off immigration and applying harsh police measures against terrorists...
...Bevin's principal objective was to hold against Russia's new leverage there the Anglo-American position in the Middle East. In theory, that could be done through U.N. control of Palestine. But in practice, could...