Attlee Opening Remarks At Conference Attended by Arabs On Palestine
Ext. Tilt down columns of stone building to parked limousines of delegates; people walking.
06:48:10 SOF Int. w/ Attlee, Bevin, Arabs & others entering room; large circular table w/ papers.
06:48:22 Attlee: Your royal highnesses, your excellencies, gentlemen...to welcome to this conference, the representatives of the Arab countries of the Middle East...have watched...the Arab National revival.
06:48:57 ...it is my earnest hope...a way may be cleared toward some acceptable solution of this intractable problem. I need hardly tell you how much His Majesty’s Government deplore the state of unrest & disturbance into which Palestine has been plunged to the detriment of the interests & happiness of every community, and indeed of every individual there. You as statesmen know, that no conference can achieve anything if those attending it have made up their minds in advance & are determined to adhere to preconceived opinions. And a matter of this kind, where a great cache of interests are involved, there must be give & take. It is only along the path of negotiations where all views are respected, weighed & taken into consideration, that we can hope to emerge into the daylight.
06:50:00 You & your peoples w/ us & the peoples of the British Empire. (Applause.)
06:50:13 Shots of speech & CUs.
British; England; British Mandate; 1940s; Negotiating; Peace Negotiations; Near East;
NOTE: May be 24Jan47.
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Attlee Opening Remarks At Conference Attended by Arabs On Palestine Ext. Tilt down columns of stone building to parked limousines of delegates; people walking. 06:48:10 SOF Int. w/ Attlee, Bevin, Arabs & others entering room; large circular table w/ papers. 06:48:22 Attlee: Your royal highnesses, your excellencies, gentlemen...to welcome to this conference, the representatives of the Arab countries of the Middle East...have watched...the Arab National revival. 06:48:57 ...it is my earnest hope...a way may be cleared toward some acceptable solution of this intractable problem. I need hardly tell you how much His Majesty’s Government deplore the state of unrest & disturbance into which Palestine has been plunged to the detriment of the interests & happiness of every community, and indeed of every individual there. You as statesmen know, that no conference can achieve anything if those attending it have made up their minds in advance & are determined to adhere to preconceived opinions. And a matter of this kind, where a great cache of interests are involved, there must be give & take. It is only along the path of negotiations where all views are respected, weighed & taken into consideration, that we can hope to emerge into the daylight. 06:50:00 You & your peoples w/ us & the peoples of the British Empire. (Applause.) 06:50:13 Shots of speech & CUs. British; England; British Mandate; 1940s; Negotiating; Peace Negotiations; Near East; NOTE: May be 24Jan47.