Very impressive, I'm sure. And you still couldn't unearth the primary documentation implicit in the MI6/official approval of this work? Amazing. Let me know how that tenure's coming ;).
My specialty is wartime industrial development and treaty law. (More the former than the latter—treaty law actually is quite boring, but I had to really dig into it when investigating Cash-and-Carry and Lend Lease.)
I said I encountered rumors of the matter of the Jewish refugees and their ships while researching my Master’s. I never said I was looking for same. EVERY professional World War II historian knows the story, and how phony it is. The public is reacquainted with it every few years by sensationalist book writers.
You were putting words in my mouth. Reading comprehension...was it ever taught in your school system?
Actually, going back over what I had written, I can see where you’d get the idea I was specifically researching this matter. That misled you, and I apologize for being unclear.
Let’s just say I’ve run across undocumented rumors—and flat-out lies—about British attacks on Jewish ships. They DID fire on a few, though, which refused to obey commands to halt for inspection before entering a closed port. That is legal under international law, if sufficient warning is given first.
Always keep in mind, when the Middle East is concerned, everybody lies like the dickens.