Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His
Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with
Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved
by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment
in Palestine of a national home
for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to
facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood
that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and
religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine,
or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other
country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to
the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour