"ملف ٣٢/١١ اللجنة الملكية المعنية بفلسطين" [و‎‎٨‎٨] (٣٠٨/١٧٥)

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Department.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL)
[N.B .—Thix if an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
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on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.]
No. C /172
Dated
Muscat*
November 22
19 33.
To
Politi cal Resident, Bushire
Subjects Palestine
Reference your telegram No* 364 dated th.4 18tli November 1938*
Local reaction to the broadcast of the announcement of
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the British Government’s proposed policy in Palestine has been
on the whole favourable*
The exception has been a ,, cell ,, formed by a certain
Palestine Arab - Ismail Rassasi - who holds a high official
position in the State. This individual’s implacable hatred of
all things British which leads him at times into a condition of
frenzied hysteria, has enabled him to prejudice a small number
of the local inhabitants over the Palestine question.
Generally,however, the local inertia to all matters
not of direct and imnediate concern has caused little interest
to be ta ice n in the problem of the future of Palestine*
Politi ca 1 Agen t & H.M* s Consul, Muscat
(Signature)
s. 44.
(Designation)
MFP—1634 S&P—(M-2836)—24-6-38--10.000.