HC Deb 28 June 1939 vol 349 c448W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will obtain information from Palestine as to the number of Jews held in prison or detention camps untried at the present time, either Communists, Revisionists or others?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I am informed by the High Commissioner for Palestine that 95 Jews are at present detained in prison and detention camps under the Emergency Regulations. These include 74 Revisionists, 18 Communists and three others.

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