§ 43. Major Tufton Beamishasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has now received details of the organisation of the U.N.O. Naval, Air Force, Army and Police units on whom responsibility for the maintenance of law and order in Palestine will fall alter 15th May; whether detailed arrangements for the hand-over of these responsibilities are now completed; and whether he is satisfied with the arrangements.
§ Mr. BevinThe only arrangements hitherto approved by the United Nations for the maintenance of law and order in Palestine after 15th May are those contained in the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the 29th November. Under this resolution, the United Nations Commission are to establish in each state a provisional Council of Government, and these Provisional Councils are to recruit armed militias "sufficient in number to maintain order and to prevent frontier clashes." General military control, including the choice of the High Command of the militias, is to be exercised by the Commission. The United Nations Commission have now made certain additional proposals which have yet to be examined by the Security Council.
§ Mr. WarbeyWill my right hon. Friend recognise that this country still has a responsibility in this matter as a member of the United Nations and a member of the Security Council, and will he take a positive attitude towards this by framing practical and constructive proposals for United Nations Forces along the lines indicated?
§ Mr. BevinI have repeatedly announced, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies announced at the beginning, and His Majesty's Government adhere to it now, that they cannot take part in forcing partition in Palestine or in any solution that is not acceptable to the Arabs and the Jews.