[Sunday,] March 27, 1949
Bahir: Most of the naval committee’s consultations have concluded. There are three questions: A) the naval plan – manpower – budget, B) organization – relations – services, C) questions of personality.
– Bunche officially informed the delegation that the Baghdad government has authorized Transjordan to discuss the matter of the Triangle on its behalf, and the Iraqi forces will withdraw. The message is signed by Muhammad Fadhel [al-]Jamali and reads as follows:
“The Iraqi Gov. has authorised the Transjordan Delegation to negotiate for the sector occupied by Iraqi Armies in the name of Transjordan herself as the Iraqi Army intends to hand over its front to the Transjordan Army.”
– I received the material on the soldiers to be discharged.
1) Soldiers who belong to settlements (labor-movement affiliated settlements only) |
4,832 |
2) Soldiers who belong to [Palmach] trained recruit groups |
1,126 |
3) Settlement core groups |
429 |
4) Two soldiers’ organizations |
124 |
|
6,511 |
5) Organizations for workers’ moshavim (the moshavim movement and HaPo’el HaMizrachi) |
1,500 |
For agriculture |
8,011 |
For item 1 – there’s a list of the settlements, for items 2-3-4 there are lists of the soldiers by name.
For item 5 [there’s] a detailed list – will be received in the coming days. Item 1 includes about 450 settlement members who are needed as agricultural instructors for new land settlements.
B. Industry – there’s a list of names |
1,546 |
C. Construction – “ “ |
1,900 |
D. Teachers, nursery school teachers, graduates of teachers’ colleges, as above |
791 |
E. Bank clerks |
344 |
F. Technion students |
785 |
G. University students, partial list |
578 |
H. Keren HaYesod, [Jewish] Agency, and local council employees |
274 |
|
14,229 |
In the Personnel Department, soldiers are not listed by their previous occupation. That information isn’t available at the recruitment center either. Lists with respect to agriculture are available at the Agricultural Center. A list of industry and construction workers is available at the Ministry of Labor. A list of bank clerks – at the Ministry of Finance.
The Personnel Department received a count of the students from the Technion, the University and the institutions.
The list of industry workers and clerks is not complete.