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| | Middle East - Background Documents - White Paper of 1939 |
 | | The British responded with the Passfield White Paper of 1930, which was the first attempt to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine. |
 | | The White Paper evoked considerable opposition from the Zionist movement, and was rescinded effectively in a letter issued to Haim Weizmann. |
 | | The League Mandates Commission declared the White Paper to be illegal, stating "The policy set out in the White Paper is not in accordance with the interpretation which, in agreement with the Mandatory Power and the Council, the Commission has placed upon the Palestine Mandate" (from Haim Weizmann, Trial and Error, 1949, page 509). |
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