יומנים > יומן - מלא 03/04/1948

April 3, 1948 The evening [Zionist General Council] “market” has already begun—meetings with guest members of the Executive, the General Council, and the two experts (Karolovich [sp?]—navy, Henshel—air. - Ian [Yaacov Yannai] gave me the order of the signal operation: foreign intelligence gets three: Noa Chen [Chaikin] of ‘Ein Harod, Efrat [Hafetz-Yaffe] (who also knows how to decode), and Gershon [Efrati] (from Caesarea). The decoders are (apart from Efrat) Leah (wife of the chief technician, “Ishi” [Yeshayahu Lavie] and another girl [Yehudit Ingver-Nevo]. From abroad, sending [cables]: “the Mossad” [le-‘Aliya], Ehud [Avriel], Shaul [Avigur], Monia [Meridor], S.A. [sherut avir, Air Service], Nahum [Shadmi]; broadcasting from Paris, Milan, Marseilles (from Rome too, temporarily): In Eretz[-Israel], 12 are working in Morse at the center. Coding is complicated. [The material] is sent to a mifgash [an agreed-upon place] (to the duty officer). A lab is needed. Instead of 20 workers, 150 are needed. The lab will demand P£ 25,000. For signal, 4,000 people will be needed. 900 are working now. There are only 30 instructors. The goods Ian purchased—four shipments of it have left America. Some of it hasn’t gone yet. The ships will arrive 20 days on. Five radars were purchased. The chief expert here—is Shalom Kass from Kibbutz C of Hashomer Hatzair [Hatzor-Ashdod today]. - [David] Densky from South Africa visited me. They’re ready to send us 20–25 pilots, signalmen, radar operators, airplane workers [ground crews]. Asks if he should send civilians. I answered: for now—no. Buy six aircraft for us—2 Bonanzas (3 seaters), 2 Ensigns, 2 Rapids. A Dakota may be purchased or chartered. - Meetings again.