Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945–1947

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247 Index Acre Prison break, 204, 206 AHC. See Arab Higher Committee (AHC) Alami, Musa al-, 117 Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, Lord Viscount , xiv, 13–18, 64, 66–67, 86–87, 169 Alexander, Victor, 166–67, 176 American Zionists, support for extremists, 75, 113 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 34; as American victory, 46; British reaction to, 46–47, 63, 109; Cunningham and, 43–48, 124; establishment of, viii, 66; hearings in Palestine, 45–46; impact on British rule, 33–34, 39; Jewish response to, 32–33, 48, 62–63, 75; on Jewish terrorism, 74; mission of, 33; and partition, 44–45; and political solution, 33–34, 47–48, 50–51, 53; recommendations of, 47–48; and U.S.-British relations, 86 Arab Higher Committee (AHC), 38–39, 111, 117, 149 Arab League, and political solution, 111, 121 Arab Revolt (1936–39), suppression of, x, 38, 178; as model for response to Jewish terrorism, 71, 73, 149, 201–3, 234 Attlee, Clement: and Anglo-American Committee report, 46–48; and Colonial Office personnel, 116; election of, 16; on Jewish terrorism, 51, 108; negotiations with United States, 110; and Operation Agatha, 100–101; and political solution, 48; support for Cunningham, 169–70; support for partitioning, 51–52 Auchinleck, Claude, 6–7, 9–12, 14–15, 21n11 Balfour Declaration (1917), 42–43, 51, 59, 233 Barker, Evelyn, 77–78, 83n39, 86, 90, 151, 154, 164–66, 169, 173–74, 194, 199 Ben-Gurion, David: British perception of, 58, 235; on British rule, 59, 62; Cunningham and, 18, 28, 30–31, 60, 63, 186, 234; as fugitive, 63, 112; influence of, 61, 113, 158; on Jewish immigration , 123; on Jewish terrorism, 156–57, 179; and Operation Agatha, 95–96; and partition plan, 62, 119–20; and political solution, 113, 115 Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak, 30, 62–63, 115, 131, 174 Bevin, Ernest: and Anglo-American Committee, 32–33, 46, 48; and London conference, 191; negotiations with United States, 110; and Palestine policy, 41, 43, 63, 78, 176, 232; and political solution, 48; and Transjordan independence, 120 Biltmore Program (1942), 38, 119 binational state plan, 42–43, 46, 48, 53, 107 248 Index British Army: action against Jewish Agency and, 64–69, 73–74; behavior of, 98, 160, 164; Cunningham’s control over, 159–60; downsizing of, and Palestine security, 212–13, 221; and King David Hotel bombing, 154; morale of, 168. See also martial law; Operation Agatha British Mandate: and Anglo-American Committee report, 47; dismantling of, 221, 236; Jewish acceptance of, 36, 59, 66, 72; and partitioning of Palestine, 42; referral of to U.N., 191–92, 200, 204, 219; UNSCOP recommendation on, 215 British policy: British decline and, viii–ix, x, 40, 68, 120, 182, 191, 211–12, 235–36; Cunningham’s influence on, 234; Cunningham’s views on, 43, 110, 153; Jewish criticisms of, 31–33, 35–36, 43–44, 47, 54, 63, 78, 130; Palestine in larger context of, 68–69. See also Montgomery-Cunningham policy struggle British security force, 27, 34. See also British Army. cabinet, British, and Palestine policy, 164, 175–76, 182–83, 199–200 Chancellor, Sir John, ix, 50, 55n12, 228 Chiefs of Staff Committee (CSC), 64–66, 68–69, 87–88, 164, 197–99 Churchill, Winston: on Cunningham, 4–7, 13–15, 18; and Palestine policy, 51–52, 119–20; removal from office, 16; World War II and, 4, 9 Colonial Office: and appointment of Cunningham, 18; declining influence of, 165; Jewish perception of, 31; and Palestine policy, 42–43, 49, 63–64, 68, 164; poor intelligence assessments of, 157–58 Creech-Jones, Arthur: as colonial secretary, 116; correspondence with Cunningham, xi, xiv, 131, 166; as deputy colonial secretary, 62; and evacuation of families, 187–90; and hanging of British soldiers, 208–9; and Jewish immigration, 132–33; and martial law, 193, 195, 215–16, 219; and Palestine policy, 54, 121, 167–69, 173–74, 176–83, 232; support for Cunningham , 215 Crocker, John, 211–14, 225n63 CSC. See Chiefs of Staff Committee (CSC) Cunningham, Sir Alan Gordon: character , 7; childhood, 1; death, 231–32; knighting of, 5; marriage, 231; retirement , vii, 29–30, 230–31; rootlessness of, 229; as target of Jewish terrorists, 183; views on Jewish Agency policy, viii, 53. See also specific topics Cunningham, as high commissioner: appointment, 18–19; and British departure from Palestine, ix, x, 221, 236; and bureaucratic struggles, 235; career after, 229–30; and chain of command, 87–89, 154; early Jewish evaluations of, 30–33; factors affecting , x...