HC Deb 12 December 1946 vol 431 c284W
137. Mr. Chamberlain

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons for the postponement of conversations in London on the future of Palestine.

Mr. Mayhew

The date originally fixed for the reopening of the London Conference on Palestine was 16th December, but it has become apparent that those delegates to the Conference who have also been representing their Governments in the General Assembly of the United Nations will not be able to return to London before that date. My right hon. Friend is similarly detained by the work of the Council of Foreign Ministers. The second part of the Palestine Conference has therefore been postponed until January.