Thomas Reid (26 December 1881 – 28 January 1963) was a British diplomat and politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1945 to 1955.

Palestine

Reid was known for his strong views against the division of Palestine under the

British Mandate for Palestine The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordanwhich had been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuriesfollowing the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Wo ...

. In late 1947, a month after the publication of the

United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations to partition Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. Drafted by the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) on 3 September 1947, the Pl ...

, he stated in a long speech to Parliament:Hansard, Dec 11 1947
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It is an iniquitous scheme, and the chief instigator is a country for whom I have the profoundest love and admiration, next after my own, namely America. I do not believe all the tales about America, about the almighty dollar, and the rest. Americans are a very noble people and have more idealism than most nations of the world. But I have a criticism to make of America on this occasion, or at least of the American delegates to U. N. O. What is the motive? Let us be frank about it. One of the chief motives is that the Jews have a controlling voice in the election for the President in the States of New York, Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere in America. I suggest that the chief reason for this evil proposal of U. N. O. is that the political parties in America, or their party machines, are partly at the electoral mercy of the Jews. That is public knowledge.

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* 1881 births 1963 deaths UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub