ABSTRACT
When Ernest Bevin introduced the A AC in the House of Commons in November of 1945, he expressed the hope that the recommendations of the Committee would facilitate the arrangements for placing Palestine under trusteeship, and serve as a basis for future discussions between HMG and the parties concerned. It was designed to find a permanent solution-“if possible an agreed one”—to be submitted to the United Nations. Pending receipt of the AAC’s recommendation, HMG would consult the Arabs to ensure the continuation of monthly Jewish immigration into Palestine, thereby assuring that the Inquiry could be conducted in a relatively untroubled atmosphere. Bevin went on:
The House will realize that we have inherited in Palestine a most difficult legacy…greatly complicated by undertakings given at various times to various parties [and] it will need a united effort by the Powers to relieve the miseries of these suffering peoples.1
