File RU-PCCL/Storrs/III/2 - Jerusalem, 1920-1921. Reports.

1 box

The box contains two folders of papers from the Jerusalem period covering years 1920 and 1921.

The 1920 folder has various officials reports: there are bi-monthly reports for Jerusalem District and extracts from the local press. There is an apologia after riot. Of particular interests are reports from Haifa on the arrival of King Faisal after his expulsion from Damascus. There is also a letter written to Storrs by Sir Herbert Samuel after his appointment as High Commissioner but before his arrival. There are also letters from Allenby, C R Ashbee, N Sokolow, Cecil Dormer and others.

The folder of 1921 contains an account of Storrs' reception by the Pope and the discussion of Zionism and the Vatican's attitude to it. There is the new customa justification after riots, letters from Allenby, George Lloyd, the Archbishop of Canterbury and press reports.

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