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This fresh angle raised a flurry. The Arabs snorted: "Entirely unacceptable." A British Colonial Office spokesman blurted: "It is obvious that this proposal is diametrically opposed to the British proposal at U.N. of Arthur Creech Jones." Colonial Secretary Creech Jones himself hustled off to London for a powwow. In the flurry, nearly everybody overlooked the lesson: U.N. could still find no cops...
...Arthur Creech-Jones is a quiet little man, but what he had to say electrified the U.N. After 25 years in Palestine, the British were ready to pull...
...British, Creech-Jones promised, would put their "experience" at the disposal of U.N. They would even stay on in Palestine for a brief transition period -provided U.N. could find a solution to which Jews and Arabs would peaceably agree. But, said the Colonial Secretary with deliberate emphasis: "His Majesty's Government are not themselves prepared to undertake the task of imposing a policy in Palestine by force of arms. ... In the absence of a settlement they must plan for an early withdrawal of British forces. . . ." If His Majesty's Government had a preference for any particular solution...
Last week, after months of iron-curtained negotiations, the cartel finally won out. Britain's Colonial Secretary, Arthur Creech Jones, announced in the House of Commons that Williamson Diamond Corp., Ltd. and two smaller Tanganyika producers had agreed to market their output only through the Diamond Trading Co., Ltd., selling agent for the syndicate...
Plainly flustered, he stood for a moment as if expecting more debate. Instead came a sharp thunderclap from Churchill: "This is a matter of life and death; will the Colonial Secretary not get off and send his telegram now?" Creech-Jones retreated, a few minutes later slipped out and sent his telegram. (Result: the execution was postponed and Gold Coast Governor Sir Alan Burns huffily threatened to resign over this kibitzing by the House...