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permits the entry into Palestine of the friends & relations
of the ex-Grand [?] & of [Rashid?] Ali of Iraq.

Saturday - 7 March. I must finish this theme for you.
Though, what I am telling you is very much of an outline
& you may say that, being in a Jewish [?], I am
only seeing one side of the question.

But I am perfectly certain that the Administration is very
much to blame - both for their casual attitude & lack of
war effort & for their frantic & undignified efforts not to
offend the Arabs.

Even though there are a good number of lazy & unwilling
Jews, who should & could join the Army - as there would
be in England if we did not have conscription - I
find it difficult to blame the Jews as a whole for
not rushing forward, when I consisder the lack of real
encouragement. Even so, they have about 12,000 men in
the Army, about another 8-10,000 in the police, &
innumerable other poeple working for & with the army in
an indirect, civilian way. And recently, they have
[started?] Palestinian A.T.S, which is going quite well.
Have I answered your question a little, darling? But God
knows what is to happen about the Jews & the Arabs after the
war. It is a great problem, & has been going on & has been
mishandled for so long that by now they both have
right on their sides - therefore any solution must seem
unfair on one side or the other.

I seem to be going along very slowly with my letter - but it
has been a very slow & unhappy week.

The time has now arrived when I am expecting & hoping
for a reply to my [?] application, every minute of every
day. And so that means that I am very restless &