(Signed) Imperiali.
Signor Nahum Sokolow,
35–38 Empire House,
175 Piccadilly, W. 1.
[Translation.]
Italian Embassy, London,
9th May, 1918.
My dear Sir,
On the instructions of His Excellency, Baron Sonnino, His Majesty’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to inform you that with reference to your representations His Majesty’s Government are pleased to confirm the Declaration already made through their representatives in Washington, The Hague, and Salonica, to the effect that they will use their best endeavours to facilitate the establishment in Palestine of a Jewish National Centre, it being understood that this shall not prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the legal or political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Pray accept, my dear sir, the assurance of my distinguished consideration.