Lord Halifax’s first formal speech to the U ... reporters gave the Ambassador a going-over for 50 minutes. What about India? What about Palestine? What about U. S. troops?

before inheriting his father's title and becoming the third Earl of Halifax in 1944. He served in the cabinets of four prime ministers, was the Viceroy of India from 1926 until 1929 and became ...

British Ambassador Lord Halifax has promised to transmit to the British Government an appeal from Dr. Chaim Weizmann for admission to Palestine of some 800 Jewish refugees, mostly from the Balkans ...