The drafting began with Weizmann's guidance to the Zionist drafting team on its objectives in a letter dated 20 June 1917, one day following his meeting with Rothschild and Balfour.
A redacción comezou coas directrices de Weizmann ao equipo redactor sionista nunha carta do 20 de xuño de 1917, un día despois do seu encontro con Rothschild e Balfour.