Person

Chaim Weizmann

Chemist and Zionist leader who lobbied the British government in the First World War; later first President of Israel.

5 links, 4 backed by primary records

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Meeting of Zionist leaders with Sir Mark Sykes 17 Feb 1917 wrote that the Zionists wanted a British protectorate, not an international regime Primary record 1

Balfour Declaration According to David Lloyd George Primary record 1 2
Lloyd George links Weizmann's wartime chemical work to his own support for Zionism. Weizmann's memoir confirms the work on acetone, used to make cordite; it is not a source for any exchange of the work for the Declaration.
Balfour Declaration Scholarship & press 3
Suzanne Rutland of the University of Sydney, quoted by AAP FactCheck.

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Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann, Hamish Hamilton (scan on Internet Archive, OCR text), 1949. Primary record
What the Zionists wanted was a British protectorate with full rights
there was a serious shortage of acetone, which was the solvent in making cordite.
The Truth About the Peace Treaties, vol. 2, Victor Gollancz (scan on Internet Archive, OCR text), 1938. Primary record
enlisted my adhesion to his ideals at a time when, at my request, he was successfully applying his scientific skill and imagination to save Britain from a real disaster over the failure of wood alcohol for the manufacture of cordite.
who was won over completely by his charm, his persuasiveness and his intellectual power.
I introduced him to Mr. Balfour, who was won over completely by his charm, his persuasiveness and his intellectual power.
Rothschild conspiracy is 'utter nonsense', AAP FactCheck, Australian Associated Press. Scholarship & press
Chaim Weizmann, who became Israel's first president, as influential in the Balfour Declaration

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