1940 Oct. 10: British Government authorises the Jewish Agency to recruit 10,000 Jews to form Jewish units within the British Army. Nov. 25: British refuse illegal immigrant ship, the Patria, permission to dock in Palestine. Zionists sink the ship and 250 Jews drown. 1942 Jan.: Dr. Chaim Weizmann writes in Foreign Affairs, urging the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine after the war. May: Zionist Biltmore Conference, held at Biltmore Hotel in New York, formulates new policy of creating Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine and organising Jewish army. 1944 Nov. 6: Stern Gang assassinates Lord Walter Moyne, British resident Min. of State in Cairo. Dec. 12-16: First Arab Womens Conference held in Cairo. 1945 March 22: Covenant of League of Arab States, emphasising Arab character of Palestine, signed in Cairo by Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan and Yemen. June 26: United Nations (UN) established, San Francisco. Aug. 31: Pres. Truman asks British PM Clement Attlee to grant immigration certificates allowing 100,000 Jews into Palestine. Sept.: British government issues Defence Regulations authorising military rule in Palestine. Dec.: The Arab League Council decides to boycott goods produced by Zionist firms in Palestine. A special office is established to prevent such goods from being smuggled into Arab countries. 1946 May: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry publishes report on the admission of 150,000 Jewish immigrants into Palestine. May: First Arab Summit meeting in Anshas, Egypt. July 22: Irgun and Stern Gang Zionist groups blow up King David Hotel, Jerusalem. July 24: British issue special White Paper on Terrorism in Palestine accusing Jewish Agency of being involved in acts of terrorism with Irgun and Stern Gangs. July 31: Anglo-American Conference, meeting in London, proposes a federal scheme for solving the Palestine problem known as Morrison-Grady Plan.
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