Ronald Graham wrote to Lord Hardinge, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (i.e. the most senior civil servant, or non-minister, at the Foreign Office) on 13 June 1917: "It would appear that in view of the sympathy towards the Zionist movement which has already been expressed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, Lord R. Cecil, and other statesmen, we are committed to support it, although until Zionist policy has been more clearly defined our support must be of a general character.
Ronald Graham escribiu a Lord Hardinge, o Subsecretario Permanente de Estado de Relacións Exteriores (é dicir, o maior servidor civil, ou non-ministro, non Ministerio de Relacións Exteriores británico) o 13 de xuño de 1917: «Parecería que en vista da simpatía cara o movemento Sionista que xa foi expresado polo primeiro ministro, o Sr. Balfour, Lord R. Cecil, e outros homes de estado, estamos comprometidos a apoialo, aínda que a política Sionista quedou definida máis claramente o noso apoio debe ser con carácter xeneral.