יומנים > יומן - מלא 25/03/1949
Friday, March 25, 1949
Alan [sp.], a major, encryption officer in the Mandate government, returned to the country. He says that General MacMillan, commander of the British army, had “given us two weeks” when the Arab armies invaded the country (he remained here, in Haifa, even after the Mandate) – and he saw with his own eyes how his prophecy was not coming true…
– [Reuven] Shiloah cables from Rhodes (24.1900): “In the afternoon the talks resumed. The Jordanians agreed that the international border would serve as the armistice line from the Dead Sea to Eilat. Regarding the Hebron area, we assumed responsibility for submitting a map of the lines in light of the observers’ conclusions. Dan will prepare the map. The Jordanians harshly accused us of violating the agreement: capturing villages and positions after the signing, expelling inhabitants, etc. The question of reduction of forces will be discussed tomorrow in a military subcommittee.
– I finalized the list of invitees to the writers’ gathering on Sunday – to discuss the participation of writers and thinkers in shaping the image of the nation in the State of Israel. From Jerusalem: M. Buber, S.H. Bergmann, B.Z. Dinaburg [Dinur], R. Binyamin, S.Y. Agnon, D. Woyslawski, Yehuda Kaufman. From Tel Aviv: J. Fichman, D. Shimoni, A. Barash, E. Steinman, I.D. Berkowitz, Y. Burla, A. Shlonsky, Raphael Eliaz, I. Zmora, Y. Horovits, N. Alterman, Leah Goldberg, Yitzhak Lamdan, Avigdor Hameiri, Haim Hazaz, G Shofman, S. Shalom, S. Yizhar, Yehezkel Kaufmann, Rachel Katznelson, S. Yavne’eli, Yehuda Kopeliovitz, Y. Gruenbaum, Ezra Zussman, M. Tabib, N. Shaham, Haim Gouri, M. Meged, Binyamin Galai, Moshe Shamir, D. Sadan (Stock), Dr. S. Perlman.
Of the ministers: D. Remez, Y.L. Fishman [Maimon], P. Rosenblüth [Rosen], Z. Shazar.
– Economic gathering: Naftali, Dolik, Kaplan, Globman, Pinchas. Naftali lectured and there was an argument that wasn’t resolved. We’ll continue to discuss this.
– I left for the Sharon.