24 September 1917 Brandeis cables London that President Wilson is sympathetic to the Zionist project
Chaim Weizmann meets Arthur Balfour who is now a member of the War Council
Weizmann meets with Gen. Jan Smuts, War Cabinet member, who supported the Zionist cause
In June 1917, Balfour asks Weizmann to submit a draft of a British government declaration on Palestine that would be satisfactory to the Zionists.
February 17, 1949 – Weizmann elected president
May 16, 1948 – Chaim Weizmann elected Chairman of the Provisional State Council of Israel. David Ben-Gurion is prime minister
November 4, 1944 – Weizmann meets Churchill, who says he supports creation of Jewish state
November 1941 – Weizmann appeals to British to create Jewish fighting force
March 1941 – Chaim Weizmann in US for war effort
Weizmann meets First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill in London
Weizmann sees Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Balfour dies
Weizmann and US Jewish non-Zionist leader Louis Marshall of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) meet
Weizmann opposes urban development in Palestine, apparently referring to places such as ultra-Orthodox B’nei Brak, founded in May
Jabotinsky resigns from Executive to protest Weizmann’s soft line vis-a-vis British refusal to formalize Zionist national council in Palestine
Albert Einstein visits US with Chaim Weizmann on a fundraising tour for Hebrew University
11 December Weizmann meets Faisal in London
August 1919 – Weizmann and Brandeis meet in London. Discuss and disagree about structure and operation of Jewish Agency
Newspapers report Weizmann meeting Woodrow Wilson on sidelines of the year-long Paris Peace Conference
Weizmann meets Feisal in London prior to Paris Peace Conference. The leaders sign agreement on the development of an Arab state and [Jewish] Palestine. Faisal warns that the arrangement will be nullified if the Arabs are not granted the British-promised state
Weizmann returns to Cairo to meet Lawrence of Arabia
Weizmann meets Allenby
Weizmann meets two Muslim leaders in Jerusalem
Zionists celebrate first anniversary of Balfour Declaration
Cornerstone-laying ceremony at Hebrew University on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem
Chaim Weizmann meets Feisal in Aqaba
Zionist Commission, led by Chaim Weizmann, arrives in Palestine
Dance for joy
Balfour Declaration issued: Britain promises a national home for the Jews in Palestine
Weizmann sends a memorandum to Philip Henry Kerr, a member of Lloyd George’s secretariat.
Weizmann meets Mark Sykes for the first time
Weizmann elected president of the English Zionist Federation.
Sykes, Sokolow and Weizmann meet at Sykes’s residence to review the situation.
In a meeting with Chaim Weizmann and Lord Rothschild, Balfour promises a formal declaration of support for the Zionist venture.
Lord Robert Cecil seeks Jewish support for British in Palestine
Armenian lobbyist James Malcolm writes to Weizmann
Sokolow writes to Weizmann about his meeting with French representatives
Weizmann writes to Brandeis asks he lobby US government to support Zionism
Lloyd George said to be “emphatic on the point of British Palestine”
Sykes tells Weizmann to prepare diplomatic follow-up after capture of Gaza
Lloyd George on British Army’s advance into Palestine
March 22, 1917 – Weizmann has serious practical talk with now Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour on Zionism and a possible French or American role in Palestine
Negotiations with Sykes entering final stage
Weizmann Meets C.P. Scott
French unwillingness to renounce claims to Palestine
Weizmann and Sokolow discuss Picot meeting
Meeting with Sykes at home of Gaster
Weizmann meets Sykes
Weizmann meets Wolf
March 1, 1916 Weizmann sees Balfour
Weizmann critical of munitions ministry
JUNE 1915 – PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE INTERVIEWS CHAIM WEIZMANN AS HEAD OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY LABORATORIES FROM 1917 TO 1919, WEIZMANN WAS ENGAGED IN SCIENTIFIC WORK FOR THE WAR EFFORT — INVENTING A PROCESS TO PRODUCE SYNTHETIC ACETONE NEEDED FOR EXPLOSIVES.
C.P. Scott’s view is that “events are shaping in favour of a British Palestine”
Weizmann meets Balfour
Weizmann and Samuel breakfast with Lloyd George
Weizmann- Lloyd George breakfast set
Zionist leaders Nahum Sokolow and Jehiel Tschlenow arrive in London and join forces with Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann meets Baron Edmond de Rothschild in Paris
December 14, 1914 – Weizmann writes Ahad Ha’am about interview with Balfour who admired Weizmann’s assertiveness on Zionism
Nahum Sokolow arrives in England
Weizmann meets Herbert Samuel
“Guardian” editor C.P. Scott writes to Weizmann
Weizmann meets CP Scott
Weizmann visits Palestine
January 9, 1906 – Weizmann holds conversation with Balfour on Zionism.