Morrison–Grady Plan

[3] At the Cabinet meeting on 1 August, 1946, it was announced that over 2,000 illegal immigrants were proceeding to Palestine, with a possibility of detaining 8,000-9,000 Jews in Cyprus.

[3] In the United States, President Truman's initial support for the plan changed after American Zionist lobbying against it before the November mid-term elections.

[4] In his Yom Kippur Statement, in October of 1946, Truman suggested a compromise between Zionist and British efforts.

This led to ambiguity around how much power the local districts would actually have, which dissuaded the Zionists and the American government from negotiating on its behalf.

[8] Through the Morrison-Grady Plan, the British hoped to maintain influence in the Middle East in the post-war era.

[9][10] American diplomat, Grady, insisted that the Jews had the "best land in Palestine," assuming the admission of around 100,000 from Europe under the British Mandate.

According to The New York Times, under the Morrison-Grady plan, the Jews would be restricted to 1,500 square miles—a far more conservative number than the 2,600 that the Peel Report had initially recommended in 1936.

Truman never made such a statement and the attack on the King David Hotel motivated the British to attempt to implement the Morrison-Grady plan.