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Documents: U.K. tried to ship Holocaust survivors back to Germany
By The Associated Press
Tags: Palestine, Britain, Exodus 

Newly released documents at Britain's National Archives show how the government tried to send thousands of Palestine-bound Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide back to postwar Germany, where the final solution had been hatched, without inflaming world opinion.

Could it be done? The answer was no. The British decision to turn away the more than 4,500 Jews on board the Exodus refugee ship turned into a humanitarian and public relations debacle.

Just two years after the end of the war, the world was outraged by the systematic Nazi murder of 6 million Jews in what became known as the Holocaust. Despite the best efforts of early spin doctors to portray Britain's decision to send the refugees back to Germany in the most sympathetic light, the plan drew condemnation from many parts of the
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ivilized world.

The story detailed in more than 400 pages of formerly secret documents made available to the public on Monday deals with the Jews who were on board the Exodus trying to enter Palestine illegally during the tumultuous months before the United Nations voted in 1947 to create a Jewish homeland on part of Palestine.

Britain was still governing Palestine, and the British government felt it had to keep the immigrants out to preserve the demographic balance between Arab and Jew. British forces turned away dozens of leaky immigrant ships of desperate refugees. But Britain did not have a safe place to send the Jews from the Exodus, who were placed on three smaller British steamers.

After much agonizing, the British concluded that the only place they could send the Jews was to the British-controlled zone of postwar Germany, where the Jews could be placed in camps and screened for extremists.

It made sound military sense. But the documents show that diplomats and military officers knew perfectly well that sending Jews back to Germany and putting them in camps so soon after the Holocaust would set off a firestorm of protest.

"These documents show the British perspective for the first time," said Mark Dunton, contemporary history specialist at the National Archives. "It's obvious in the files the British were sensitive to the claim they were putting Jews into concentration camps. When you read the reports, the camps do sound pretty awful."

The British did not put the Jews in former concentration camps, despite rumors to that effect.

The first rumblings came from a British diplomat in France who sent a coded warning to the Foreign Office in London in August 1947. The diplomat says bluntly that a public relations debacle lies ahead.

"You will realize that an announcement of decision to send immigrants back to Germany will produce violent hostile outburst in the press," he says.

He suggests an early measure of spin control - telling the press that the Jews will enjoy some freedoms even though they will be confined.

An unsigned cable from the Foreign Office on Aug. 19, 1947, explains that the decision to land the Jews in Germany has been made because it is the only suitable territory under British control that can handle so many people at short notice.

Three days later, a follow-up Foreign Office cable warns diplomats that they should be ready to emphatically deny that the Jews will be housed in former concentration camps after they are offloaded in Germany.

The Aug. 22 cable states that German guards will not be used to keep the Jews in the refugee camps and adds that British guards will be withdrawn once the Jews have been screened.

But security concerns were heightened on Aug. 30 when a secret telegram from the British Embassy in Washington warned of a possible terrorist attack by the Irgun and Stern gangs, two Zionist extremist groups determined to prevent the forced offloading of the Jews in Germany.

The Jews were successfully taken off the vessels by force, although a number were injured in confrontations with British troops that involved the use of batons and fire hoses to force some of the Jews off the ship.

An officer identified as Lt. Col. Gregson, in a formerly secret report on the removal of the Jews, praised his troops for handling the dangerous situation calmly. He said the Jewish resisters were throwing missiles at his men.

"It is a very frightening thing to go into a hold full of yelling maniacs when outnumbered 6 or 8 to 1," he said in the report.

Gregson said he considered using tear gas to subdue the Jews but decided not to risk inflaming the situation.

"The Jew is liable to panic," he wrote.

Security fears seemed justified after the Jews were removed when a large, homemade bomb with a timed fuse was found on one of the three ships. It was apparently rigged to detonate after the Jews had been removed, the cables indicate.

The size of the bomb was such that had it not been discovered it would have blown a hole in the ship of sufficient size to cause the ship to sink within a short while, writes the deputy regional commander for the British military government in Hamburg, whose signature on the document is too faint to read.

The postscript on the operation comes from the British regional commander who says that the disembarkation could be regarded as successful because it was carried out with only minimal casualties. But he says Britain's reputation was damaged by the highly critical press coverage of OASIS, as the operation was known in diplomatic and military circles.

It is impossible to deny that among the Hamburg population OASIS was one additional cause for reduction in British prestige, he ruefully concludes.

With the end of the British mandate and creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Europe streamed into the Jewish state.

The Exodus commander Yossi Harel, who died April 26 at the age of 90, commanded a total of four expeditions that brought thousands of refugees to the shores of Palestine, his daughter said.

Shany Payes, the author of "Palestinian NGOs in Israel: The Politics of Civil Society" and an expert on the postwar years, said Britain's policies were often contradictory when dealing with the idea of a Jewish state. She said Britain had promised a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the 1917 Balfour Declaration, even as it pledged to safeguard the civil and religious rights of the region's non-Jewish inhabitants.

"British policies were inconsistent and insecure and the government ended up with the cruelty of fate suffered by the Exodus victims as a result of it," she said.

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      1.   Preserving demographics 06:35  |  William 05/05/08
      2.   Jews are such a problem for the dear fair minded Brits 06:56  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      3.   Important factor - reduction in Brit prestige 06:58  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      4.   Not only UK 07:32  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      5.   Brits were probably shipping Jews to Germany during the war 07:51  |  Binyamin Dissen 05/05/08
      6.   British perfidy 08:03  |  Naim S. Mahlab 05/05/08
      7.   Just a note 09:15  |  Colin Wright 05/05/08
      8.   The British are partly responsible for the Holocaust 09:42  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      9.   British hostility to Israel 09:45  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      10.   hey Brits - start fitting your women for Burkas and save up your 10:13  |  Moshe 05/05/08
      11.   More "Pot calling kettle black" tales from Israel 10:19  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      12.   The root of the problem 10:20  |  Elihu 05/05/08
      13.   Didn`t we already know that? 10:21  |  Edith 05/05/08
      14.   For the ridiculous ingrate, Yonatan # 5 10:25  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      15.   #1 Natalie - the US is also partly responsible 10:34  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      16.   #9 Clickfool provides ample demonstration 11:07  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      17.   #9 Clickfool - Self-justification for war crimes 11:11  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      18.   Natalie- #4 You are justifying this nonsense? 11:12  |  Elihu 05/05/08
      19.   #10 boris the clucking fool falls into his own trap 11:16  |  v hardman 05/05/08
      20.   CFOOL Ther British empire could not keep pretending once Poland 11:19  |  PETER SM 05/05/08
      21.   Boris Johnson is new Mayor of London 11:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      22.   #13 11:28  |  Rab Burns 05/05/08
      23.   Maybe that`s why Blair is trying to finish the job now 11:32  |  No Surrender 05/05/08
      24.   No doubt, the refugee policy of many countries ...... 11:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      25.   nothing new here 11:39  |  Sarah 05/05/08
      26.   DURSON.Jews were kept out of Palestine to appease the Arabs 11:44  |  PETER SM 05/05/08
      27.   # 21 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:08  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      28.   Balfour Declaration 12:19  |  David 05/05/08
      29.   # 15 - Yonatan 12:42  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      30.   Clickfool # 14 12:49  |  JordanisPalestine 05/05/08
      31.   Clickfool the world owes you a living of course 12:52  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      32.   Dino sometimes it`s a good idea to be quiet 12:53  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      33.   David of Leeds 12:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/05/08
      34.   For the IGNORANT FOOL @#14 13:02  |  Joe Moer 05/05/08
      35.   This is silly 13:04  |  Mike 05/05/08
      36.   #28 david needs to study the past very closely 13:07  |  v hardman 05/05/08
      37.   #25 Sarah - Here is why this has come up, now 13:13  |  Elihu 05/05/08
      38.   Swiss Dino 13:15  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      39.   Mike 13:19  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      40.   Boris Johnson #21 -Cipora 13:28  |  examiner 05/05/08
      41.   To # 4 13:29  |  JordanisPalestine 05/05/08
      42.   3 Smaller British Steamers 13:33  |  JordanisPalestine 05/05/08
      43.   For Peter SM # 20 13:40  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      44.   For Cipora, applauding the buffoon Boris Johnson`s election 13:44  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      45.   CFOOL Evading the main issue and even ducking the point here 14:04  |  PETER SM 05/05/08
      46.   #20 Natalie Durson 14:09  |  Yonatan 05/05/08
      47.   Where`s the difference between the UK and Israel? 14:16  |  Gray 05/05/08
      48.   For X-Ray - no arrogance, just pride in Britain`s courage # 31 14:21  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      49.   To bound into Germany wasn`t wrong 14:27  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      50.   PETER SM - A fact remains a fact 14:28  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      51.   You`ve missed the point, as usual, Peter SM # 45 14:29  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      52.   England vs. Israel 14:33  |  Sam C 05/05/08
      53.   The so-puzzled Gray from Germany 14:35  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      54.   EVERY TIME ISRAEL IS IN TROUBLE 14:41  |  indrajaya 05/05/08
      55.   Again, Durson has it backwards 14:41  |  Sam C 05/05/08
      56.   jews have a moral debt with UK 14:44  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      57.   Clickfool 14:49  |  Yamamoto 05/05/08
      58.   british great people, except treatment of jews 14:52  |  topanga 05/05/08
      59.   promises, shmomises... 14:53  |  Gray 05/05/08
      60.   And Peter SM #51 the FOOL from GRATEbrittin stiil doesn`t unders 14:54  |  Ari ben Yisrael 05/05/08
      61.   Sam C - 15:00  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      62.   NDURSON The immigration issues were totally different pre&post 15:01  |  PETER SM 05/05/08
      63.   The British "White Paper" from 1939 contributed to the Holocaust 15:03  |  AliciaYasmeen 05/05/08
      64.   Unbelievable 15:05  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/05/08
      65.   for the ridiculous louse clickfool 15:06  |  Panther Jet 05/05/08
      66.   The British have always been Arabists 15:07  |  SystemF 05/05/08
      67.   #43 Peter SM 15:09  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/05/08
      68.   So there were Jews living in "Palestine" 15:10  |  Avrum 05/05/08
      69.   GB - Stilton Cheese and stiff upper lip 15:11  |  17 05/05/08
      70.   # 38 Chanah S, it`s time to tell the truth...... 15:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      71.   Jews 1948 increase four times `arabs` did 15:22  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      72.   On the contrary, Yamamoto # 57 15:26  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      73.   CLINTHWAITE.How does not liking Ken the racist Arab kisser 15:27  |  PETER SM 05/05/08
      74.   Manolo - how far do you live from a library? 15:30  |  17 05/05/08
      75.   Durson the landlord of LA and her renter`s dilemma 15:32  |  Panther Jet 05/05/08
      76.   My G-d 15:47  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      77.   Allies never get a code message over Shoa going on 15:51  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      78.   panther jet 15:56  |  Natallie Durson 05/05/08
      79.   blame the british? 16:06  |  dmmd25 05/05/08
      80.   Muslims SS were europeans, not arabs 16:07  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      81.   Natallie misses the big picture 16:07  |  Sam C 05/05/08
      82.   #6 Naim S. Mahlab; British Perfidy contributed to many problems 16:18  |  Max Zinger,P.Chimist 05/05/08
      83.   Oy, inflaming public opinion by PR 16:19  |  Tosefta 05/05/08
      84.   Clickfool 16:25  |  Yamamoto 05/05/08
      85.   Clickfool 16:29  |  James 05/05/08
      86.   Durson wins the Goebbels Academy Award 16:30  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      87.   80. Manolo: Arab Muslims and the final solution 16:31  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      88.   # 18 Elihu and #4 Durson; Its is not only wealt contribution of 16:33  |  Haham me Bat Yam 05/05/08
      89.   Europe and immigration 16:34  |  Sam C 05/05/08
      90.   Does The Sun Ever Set On The British Empire? 16:39  |  Jeff Northridge 05/05/08
      91.   You are right Tosefta is all in the past better to forgive 16:48  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      92.   Was Weizmann guilty to?? 16:49  |  Manolo 05/05/08
      93.   Natallie 17:02  |  James 05/05/08
      94.   #91 panther j unfortunately the arrogance of empire still persist 17:09  |  v hardman 05/05/08
      95.   Look Dino, time to be honest about your candid posts 17:17  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      96.   92. Manolo: the Jewish Brigade 17:18  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      97.   Oy, inflaming public opinion by PR 17:21  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08
      98.   Manolo: Here you have Husseini 17:24  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      99.   Subtitle: How the Jews used the Holocaust (PantherJet #91) 17:25  |  Tosefta 05/05/08
      100.   v hardman 17:31  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      101.   # 91 PantherJet "all in the past better to forgive" 17:33  |  17 05/05/08
      102.   Associated Press 17:35  |  hollingsworth 05/05/08
      103.   #40, examiner, I am aware of that 17:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      104.   Gray 59 17:45  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      105.   Lincoln Newly released proof hardly old news 17:48  |  Joe Frazier 05/05/08
      106.   # 102 ask Ratzenger what is correct munber. 17:50  |  17 05/05/08
      107.   How the Jews were used as scapegoats for the west`s cowardice. 17:52  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      108.   #101 17 the past is our future a lesson the trio of numbskulls 17:53  |  v hardman 05/05/08
      109.   #83, Tosefta, "don`t bother me with maises" 17:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      110.   70 Swiss Dino - what a pathetic effort 17:54  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      111.   17 17:55  |  PantherJet 05/05/08
      112.   #97, MarkL, the fact was not announced as news 17:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      113.   Clickfool 18:01  |  Lee 05/05/08
      114.   Swiss Dino # 70 - by the way 18:02  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      115.   Manolo # 77 The Allies Knew Alright 18:03  |  Jeff Northridge 05/05/08
      116.   102. hollingsworth: Associated Press 18:03  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      117.   Manolo 77 18:08  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      118.   111 - it was not irony for the reason you mentioned 18:14  |  17 05/05/08
      119.   Chanah: UN Plan was unrealistic 18:15  |  Gray 05/05/08
      120.   clickfool 18:18  |  danite 05/05/08
      121.   there wasnt enough room in the Brit internment camps 18:18  |  jj 05/05/08
      122.   Chanah S hits the nail on the head, 18:20  |  jj 05/05/08
      123.   Brits have experience 18:24  |  utagawa 05/05/08
      124.   x-ray 2 18:28  |  ChanahS 05/05/08
      125.   Jeff Northridge 18:28  |  Danite 05/05/08
      126.   Swiss (Dino) #70 Time to Tell the Truth 18:39  |  Gil 05/05/08
      127.   what`s new? 18:42  |  peter 05/05/08
      128.   My cousin told me 18:43  |  * BEN JABO 05/05/08
      129.   British were to help the Mandate not thwart it 18:47  |  Ilan 05/05/08
      130.   Mark Lincolns far out world 18:49  |  Danite 05/05/08
      131.   Ten questions to the Zionists 18:58  |  Dav 05/05/08
      132.   # 95 PantherJet 19:07  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      133.   # 102 hollingsworth...I want to recommend a book 19:08  |  Lynn 05/05/08
      134.   #70, Dino 19:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      135.   # 48 Clicky...America would have never capitulated 19:17  |  Lynn 05/05/08
      136.   ChanaS - talking about WOGS, aren`t we? 19:19  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      137.   # 110 / # 114 Chanah S 19:22  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      138.   Swiss you believe HONESTLY that they thought it was time 19:26  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      139.   119 19:26  |  zionist forever 05/05/08
      140.   # 83 Tosefta...seems like the Martian Flu 19:28  |  Lynn 05/05/08
      141.   I dont understand, why they all didnt ship to US? 19:29  |  kaled 05/05/08
      142.   # 126 Gil 19:30  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      143.   Swiss (Dino) #70 19:31  |  David Israel 05/05/08
      144.   Balfour Declaration Revisited 19:31  |  Jayson 05/05/08
      145.   # 137 Chanah little completion....... 19:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      146.   Lot of hot air on this talkback. 19:44  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/05/08
      147.   # 138 x-ray 19:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      148.   #137, Dino 19:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      149.   NO COUNTRIES WERE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ISRAELIS 19:47  |  indrajaya 05/05/08
      150.   Kaled in Rio (your natural destination?) 19:51  |  x-ray 05/05/08
      151.   # 143 David Israel 19:51  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      152.   Swiss Dino 19:52  |  Connie 05/05/08
      153.   # 148 Cipora Julianna Kohn 19:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      154.   Natalie Durson 20:01  |  Connie 05/05/08
      155.   # 152 Connie 20:35  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      156.   Clickfool: distorted history 20:41  |  Janek Przepezdecki 05/05/08
      157.   # 134 Cipora Julianna Kohn. PERFIDIOUS ALBION 20:43  |  KATHY 05/05/08
      158.   Dino: no more football fields? 20:46  |  Claudia 05/05/08
      159.   Swiss (Dino) 20:46  |  David Israel 05/05/08
      160.   Natallie:get a life! 20:47  |  Claudia 05/05/08
      161.   Indy...the whole world let them down once 20:49  |  Lynn 05/05/08
      162.   # 64 Chris Linthwaite..Just some information for you.. 20:49  |  KATHY 05/05/08
      163.   # 153 Swiss....sometimes the grandparents 20:52  |  Lynn 05/05/08
      164.   Swiss Dino 21:02  |  Connie 05/05/08
      165.   Re 7 Just another note 21:17  |  Alan the real one 05/05/08
      166.   Jayson # 144 What? 21:18  |  Jeff Northridge 05/05/08
      167.   # 158 Claudia 21:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      168.   re 14 Just luck clicky 21:23  |  Alan the real one 05/05/08
      169.   # 159 David Israel 21:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      170.   Britian is Disgusting 21:30  |  Dave Levy 05/05/08
      171.   re 24 Kind of a stretch Swiss dinot 21:31  |  Alan the real one 05/05/08
      172.   # 163 Lynn 21:34  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      173.   80. Manolo: the Muslims massacring Jews in Palestine 21:34  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      174.   Yonatan re T.E. Lawrence 21:35  |  Ben Alofs 05/05/08
      175.   Manolo: Massacres of Jews in Palestine 21:42  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      176.   Manolo: Grand Mufti solidarity with Germany 21:46  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      177.   Manolo: the SS financed the Arab revolt 21:48  |  KUTW 05/05/08
      178.   Swiss (Dino) The humanist 22:04  |  David Isarel 05/05/08
      179.   # 171 Alan the real one 22:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      180.   Alan the real one to Swiss #171 22:24  |  David Israel 05/05/08
      181.   # 178 David Israel 22:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      182.   #155 SWISS DINO, do you realise 22:29  |  AliciaYasmeen 05/05/08
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      184.   Swiss (Dino) #142 Eyewitness Reply 22:34  |  Gil 05/05/08
      185.   No shock if true. England responsible for many Jewish deaths 23:01  |  David 05/05/08
      186.   #170 Dave Levy 23:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/05/08
      187.   #28, David from Leeds, partially true 23:06  |  David 05/05/08
      188.   Talking of distorted history # 156 23:12  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      189.   For Kathy # 157 23:14  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      190.   For Dave Levy, peddling dull, predictable stereotypes # 170 23:16  |  Clickfool 05/05/08
      191.   #157, Kathy 23:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08
      192.   Swiss (Dino) # 167 The Swiss Burden 23:20  |  Jeff Northridge 05/05/08
      193.   # 182 Alicia Yasmeen 23:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      194.   Swiss (Dino) these are emotinal issues 23:28  |  David Israel 05/05/08
      195.   # 183 Gil 23:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/08
      196.   The Mixed History of the Brits part I 23:57  |  FOX 05/05/08
      197.   another thought 00:02  |  Nigel 06/05/08
      198.   #186, the fool remains a fool 00:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/05/08
      199.   Clickfool # 190 - peddling stereotypes 00:10  |  ChanahS 06/05/08
      200.   The Good , The Bad & The Brits part II 00:13  |  FOX 06/05/08
      201.   David, Boston 00:17  |  Nigel 06/05/08
      202.   lightweight chris 00:21  |  x-ray 06/05/08
      203.   Swiss Dino 195 00:26  |  ChanahS 06/05/08
      204.   # 192 Jeff Northdridge 00:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      205.   Dino 00:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/05/08
      206.   FOX 00:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/05/08
      207.   #192 Jeff Nothridge; you sound funny! 00:56  |  AliciaYasmeen 06/05/08
      208.   Cipora - so what? 01:15  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      209.   Fox - Brits named McKenzie? 02:33  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      210.   For those not aware of Canadian history 02:41  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      211.   Fox - the Palestine Quagmire 02:48  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      212.   Arab immigration not restricted of course 03:01  |  Free Gilad Shalit 06/05/08
      213.   WW2 and killing of the Jews by the Germans was British conspiracy 03:05  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 06/05/08
      214.   A short history lesson 03:09  |  Morris Valentine 06/05/08
      215.   re 29 Natty D`s history books made in japan 03:17  |  Alan the real one 06/05/08
      216.   re 51 I see you missed the point and raise you a missed the point 03:20  |  Alan the real one 06/05/08
      217.   PROVE IT 03:29  |  TOBIA 06/05/08
      218.   re 179 You are preaching to the choir 03:33  |  Alan the real one 06/05/08
      219.   CLICKFOOL OIL OIL OIL 03:45  |  TOBIA 06/05/08
      220.   Durson #4; Israel and her neighbours have something in common 03:46  |  Murray the Mongoose 06/05/08
      221.   Britain is never a consistent in its imperialist policies. 04:26  |  Akram Zekaria 06/05/08
      222.   @56, manolo you are an illiterate idiot, go to library. 04:30  |  vladimir 06/05/08
      223.   The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory 04:41  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      224.   To the editors 05:16  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      225.   Did the British `throw` the situation to the Arabs? 05:21  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      226.   Thank you 05:41  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      227.   #7 amazing allegation, where`s the evidence? 05:46  |  Seymour 06/05/08
      228.   Mark Lincoln and Conspiracy Theories 05:46  |  Panther Jet 06/05/08
      229.   One final reply 05:48  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/08
      230.   to # 7 , Colin Wright 07:37  |  martin list, m.d. 06/05/08
      231.   #14 Nobody cared then and nobody cares now 07:54  |  Ibrahim Shvonce 06/05/08
      232.   #214, Morris Valentine 08:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/05/08
      233.   #208, MarkL & other posts 08:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/05/08
      234.   Heading 08:30  |  Gordon 06/05/08
      235.   British perfidy revisited #6 08:39  |  the truth 06/05/08
      236.   WEll they loved Hitler 08:47  |  Marilyn 06/05/08
      237.   Natallie Durson 08:47  |  the truth 06/05/08
      238.   Hush Peter, SM 08:49  |  Marilyn 06/05/08
      239.   to robert in montreal 08:55  |  wh 06/05/08
      240.   as a swiss citizen 09:00  |  wh 06/05/08
      241.   Had they succeded we would have had prace for 60 years. 09:08  |  American 06/05/08
      242.   Natalie Durson #11 09:10  |  Gary 06/05/08
      243.   Panther Jet`s warped view of Chamberlain # 228 09:41  |  Clickfool 06/05/08
      244.   # 195 Gil, sorry I made a little mistake......(2nd try) 09:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      245.   # 194 David Israel (2nd try) 09:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      246.   # 203 Chanah S 10:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      247.   Mark Lincoln, conspiracies and context 10:14  |  FOX 06/05/08
      248.   # 205 Margie in Tel Aviv 10:16  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      249.   #225 Mark Lincoln 10:41  |  Question Mark 06/05/08
      250.   Swiss (Dino) #195 Die Seite wurde nicht gefunden 10:48  |  Gil 06/05/08
      251.   U.K. tried to ship Holocaust survivors back to Germany 11:23  |  Lew Steinfeld 06/05/08
      252.   swiss thinks that ONLY size MATTERS re #179 Alan (2x) 12:18  |  CK Tan 06/05/08
      253.   muslims killed muslims to save jews 12:23  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      254.   Swiss (Dino) #232 I read your document 12:27  |  Gil 06/05/08
      255.   `Arabs` fougth to free Europe 12:39  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      256.   Englishmen in Palestine may death from anothers goals? 13:29  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      257.   Jews didn`t asumed 1947 NU Partition 13:40  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      258.   #255 Manolo 13:43  |  Question Mark 06/05/08
      259.   the Auschwitz bombed railway `what if` 14:13  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      260.   # 254 Gil 14:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      261.   # 252 CK Tan 14:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      262.   BOTH sides never accepted UN Partition plan 14:43  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      263.   1,625 muslims died figthing against nazis 15:25  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      264.   The swis train that never exist!!! An amazing story 15:32  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      265.   Swiss #245 Thank you you revealed yourself again 15:38  |  David Israel 06/05/08
      266.   Manolo #255 15:47  |  David Isarel 06/05/08
      267.   #263 Manolo 15:49  |  Question Mark 06/05/08
      268.   Turkey was involved or what??? 16:03  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      269.   My `reputable sources` 16:22  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      270.   # 265 David Israel 16:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      271.   #269 Manolo 16:57  |  Question Mark 06/05/08
      272.   Swiss (Dino) 17:31  |  David Isarel 06/05/08
      273.   #261 swiss - nasty things abt Singapore? Like the DEATH penalty 17:43  |  CK Tan 06/05/08
      274.   Well, do it yourself, I`ve giv up 18:05  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      275.   double talk 18:14  |  Manolo 06/05/08
      276.   #274 Manolo 18:23  |  Question Mark 06/05/08
      277.   # 272 David Israel 21:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      278.   # 273 CK Tan 21:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/05/08
      279.   Swiss (Dino) - I am quoting what you wrote 21:58  |  David Isarel 06/05/08
      280.   do you believe in democracy? 10:52  |  Manolo 07/05/08
      281.   Well... how about this? 11:08  |  Manolo 07/05/08
      282.   anti nazis `arabs` days of glory 11:20  |  Manolo 07/05/08
      283.   And the algerians were antinazis too 11:24  |  Manolo 07/05/08
      284.   Manolo: Pls translate my comments before responding! 14:34  |  Gray 07/05/08
      285.   This talkback board... 02:13  |  qwertzu 08/05/08
      286.   `officially` versus `unofficially` 10:59  |  Manolo 12/05/08
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