Item BROOKE-POPHAM 4/6 - Papers, May-Sep 1936, relating to the Arab Revolt, Palestine

Memoranda, telegrams and correspondence on operational matters relating to the Arab Rebellion against the British Mandate in Palestine, notably communications between Gen Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, High Commissioner and Commander in Chief, Palestine and Transjordan, AC Richard Edmund Charles Peirse, Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan, Brooke-Popham, the Air Ministry and the Colonial Office, concerning the growing danger of the situation in Palestine, including the disaffection of the Arab police, the continuing general strike (called by the Arab Higher Committee), the sabotage of communications in Palestine by armed rebel bands, and the murder of citizens in Jerusalem and elsewhere; telegrams and memoranda by Peirse and Brooke-Popham concerning the possible implementation of martial law in Palestine, especially regarding the use of the RAF to undertake striking action, and the need for further reinforcements of troops from Egypt and Britain, Aug 1936; letters from Peirse to ACM Sir Edward Leonard Ellington, Chief of Air Staff, describing RAF operations in Palestine, including the subduing of Jaffa, a combined air and infantry attack on rebel bands attacking a convoy in the Nur esh Shems district, and the protection of communications in the Nablus area, Jun 1936; notes and memoranda on peace negotiations with the Arab Higher Council initiated by the Iraqi Foreign Minister Nuri al-Said, and the possibility of an Arab federation, Aug 1936; telegrams from Peirse to the Air Ministry requesting permission to use aerial bombing to subdue fighting in the Nablus-Tulkarm area of Palestine, Aug 1936; telegrams and correspondence between Brooke-Popham, the Air Ministry and Peirse regarding the appointment of Lt Gen Sir John Greer Dill as Commander in Chief of British Forces in Palestine and the introduction of martial law, Sep 1936. 1 file, 67 items.