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.,.,< 0, ".. " ......: .;; ..C ~ ~ \ S S I F I C ' 1 l . T I O N . . "~ TH RITY DERIVED Oll: .'IIlr - .PROPER1":Y OIl' .A .. I A TTOI!AT.IC D LASSIFICATIO}I GUIDE't....; :m firlenUn I l't'port. an d 'iiiI EXEMPT 25X(1 ,6)cont.cntM ltl'e ll';lIH'd to ,rou hy the DATE 05-25-2011ll'DI and u.re not 10 he dIMt,t'ibuted

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... The composition of the various boards on the .datesavai lable are being se t forth . Howover l the discussions of the

(Uj ~ ~ : ~ ~ d ~ ~ ~ : : : . ; : : : : ~ : : : : : : : : : : ~ : : ~ : : : ~ ~ : : : ~ : : : ~ : ~ : : ~ : 8 ~ ~ i o n was that one held on Apri l 17, 19491 a t the home of ~ R T ~ ~ ~ ~ ;'LOURIE in New York City. LOURIE is Consul General. Tho personnel.. in attendance W l r . ~ ; ' C / (U) ) " ~ ~ ~ = ~ ~ ~ m b a s s a d o r ) (;; R I ' r i ~ R O S S M A N . (Hoad of the Production and Dist r ibut ion Division of tho Is rael i Office of Information in

~ e York.).. lIRIEL ~ E Y D (1

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'1'-3 s tated that a Public Rel&tions Board mcotingwasheld a t tilO I s rae l i Consulato General in New York City on May 9,1 9 ! ~ 9 . I t was H t t e n . . ~ ~ . ~ _ . b y t h o _ r . . c : > ~ ~ . ( ? _ ~ 1 . . ~ n g : X . '-- ~ ~ : i ~ ~ : %

B. R.G I D E O ~ T r u ~ U S ( a t tha t time Vice Consul, New York City. ) H I ~ R R Y ZINDERRIT;;. GROSSl1ANThe entire meeting was devoted to the plans and p o l ~ c i e s /of B.R. B. R. stated that he had studied the oxist ing o r g a n i z a t i o ~

in teres ted in the economics of Israel and had determined tha tmost Qf them lacked monoy and s tu f f and tha t some wore merelypaper organizations. B.R. statod that in conversation with thePrime Minister in Israel B.R. had ins is ted that any program ofpromoting Isruel economicQlly should be undertaken on a Governmont" level and tha t he, B.R. would l ike to establish such a programin New York, Paris , London, Rome, Buenos Lires and Rio de Janiero., B.R. estimated tha t the cost mizht run as high as ~ 2 5 0 , o o o forthe f i r s t year and s tated tha t he had asked tho Government for~ 7 5 , O O O and he would ra ise tho remainder. He s tated that hehad asked for ~ 2 5 , O O O immodiately from the.Govornmont and requestedthat i t be placed in LOURIE's custody. B.R. proposed the u t i l i za -t ion of a l l exis t ing organizations. H ~ t a t e d tha t he intendedto survey the economic services of th J e w i s h ~ G e n c y ' s EconomicDepartment in consultat ion with R O B ~ R T ~ T H A N . B.R. also proposeds trengthoning th o Isro.o1i O f f i c ~ f Information in Tel fl.vi v andsuggested tha t P ~ I . R L 1 " l . A N - o - W S H E ~ E : . R L J I ' i . : ' N , Director, Press andInformation Division, Israe l i Ministry of Foroign ~ f f a i r s ) submitfa detailod account of his needs for the next s ix months as far as

(Ul.!..0 q ~ . ~ . P ~ . ? ~ ~ . ~ . P ? ' ~ ~ r : ; l ? ? ~ . ~ ' 3 . : ? ~ r.r:t?? l . ~ . ~ ~ : r ' g ~ 9 : . . . ~ ] ( B.R. also suggested an all-over press job concerningthe economic pic ture only. He said that he intended to workin the economic f ield only and that he fe l t that this would helpevery Jewish organization concentrating on I s ree l ; that he wantedi to place a ser ies of pieces in from eight to t w e ~ to p magaZines

! and s tated tha t he had already spoken to D e W I T ~ . A L L - , ~ C E of .I Reade::' s . n ~ ~ e s t and would cal l on H E R B E ~ ' S E S of Cosmopoli te.ni and D i ~ V I D ~ ..RT of Coronet. B.R. also proposed encouraging the: wealthy to v is i t Israel to stinmlate investment. Ho also proposed. making funds available for important propaganda pl'ograms. B.R.

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LA 65 ...4962also wanted to hire a man to work for him a t the Consulate inNew York in .order . that the progr'am emanate from tho Governmenti t s e l f . B.R. suggested that funds made availablo to him be kept, ~ . T . : l : J : t ~ . f : ) p . ~ ~ . ~ ..:t:.9 ~ . c . c . . C l 1 J . p t ~ m q . , tho...t.,.L.OUHIE.,.,s.lgn, ..,ull.".,chec.ks ....'q ~ p " I' ". S'Informant sta ted that ELATH al{Qd B.R. i f tho global t:. ' ~ . , characteris t ics of B.R.'s work would exclude him from control by local Is rae l i authori t ies . B.R. sta ted that he would foIlwhatuver way was tho most pract ical and would get the best resul ts ;that he wanted to avoid rod tape; that i f in get t ing thn job donei t could be done mal'O quickly through the Public Relations Boardand economic organizations he would work with thorn but s ta tod hodid not wish to be hindered by a n y o n e . ~

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The iden t i ty of' HI',. GUTMJ..N is unknown, however, T-6has advised that one Y 1 J ' " G O ~ J T i " L U WD.S in la te 1 9 L ~ 8 employed a tthe Is rae l i Supply Mission in New Vgrk CJt:as on exped1 to r .hI

i ~ S ) / / .Il . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " ' = ' T - - - - - - - T-3 s tated that a t this meeting of the Press RelationsBoard jurisdic t ion and furlCtion of tho tHO off1c03 (Washingtonand Now York) were decided uuon. \vashington was to covor other

., ,:. Embassies, Congress, Washington Press I:'.nd the National Press Club.Now York Office was to cover tho United Nations, Organizations. ( J ew i S ~ > , , ' . , a n ~ " . ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ eS S amanat i n g ~ ~ ~ ~ . N ~ .. ~ . ~ . = - k . .... '.

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~ . ~ ~ .. ~ ~ ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f l 4 ~ . ~ . ~ . : . ~ . ~ ~ ~ 4 . ~ . ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ . ~ . ~ .. C ~ ~ ~ . ~ .~ . ~ ~ ~ . ~ . 0 ~ . ~ S . ~ ~ . ; ~ . ~ . ~ . t ing\U) />.. Informant sta ted that a Press Relations Board m 0 e t ~ ..

( U I ~ ~ S w ~ : l ~ t ~ ~ n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ ~ a i ~ l ~ ~ , ; r ; ; ; , ~ o ~ i ty on July 18. 1949 . ~ V :'.RTHUR LOURIE

REUVEN D ~ F N I (at tha t time I s rael i Consul a t Los ~ n g e l e s . ) I . L. KEHEN........... ,.,.':,U) ..... ~ MOSHE Y U V i ~ L HARRY ZHIDERInformant stated that LOURIE had welcomed D:li'lII:back

from his t r ip to I s rael . Informant stated tha t DLPNI reportedon meeting which had been held at Tel Lviv and reported oncerta in changes (not further ident i f ied) a t thu office in Tel Avivfollowing the departure of ABE r ~ ~ R 1 ~ . N (who 1s presontly Directorof the I s rae l i Offico of Information in the United States andwho is also Counsellor at the IsrQoli Embassy in Washington.)D ~ F N I s ta ted tha t he had visi ted the now office of P.I.O. (Pales t ineOffice of Information?) and fe l t tha t GERSHON LGHON would be ofgreat help in coordinating all tho various' offices of the I s rae l iGovermnent. He stated tha t the matter of public re la t ions in theUnited Stat os had been. discussed a t a meoting held a t S14.RETT's. '.;.". ~ { { : ~ ~ e F ' ~ ~ H ~ ; ~ ~ I T ~ ; . ~ ~ ~ e X i n i S tor) . The mee t1ng had been(U) ..

E L l i ~ H U E L ~ T H _ i S H I L 0 1 ~ H (Probably n E U V E N ~ I H L O l . H , described bJr T..7\ '. as BEN-GURION's right-hand man and also in chargei of a l l Is raol i inte l l igence .)PE......RLHi.N\AI IWHN ( ident i ty unknown.)... ~ G R O N U) ' /x lj Di.FNIDtFNI reported everything had been thrashed outthoroughly and that some excellent suggestions had been made

un t i l l t came to the question of money. Informant sta ted that" D : ~ F N I said he had been infopr,led that the Consulate in Now York

had a specis.l budget al locat ion of ~ l O O 0. month for telecommunicat ions with Los Lngeles; that he fe l t thct tho Pnlcor cables shouldbe toletyped to Los ngeles daily inasmuch as the Jewish Telegraph-I Lgoncy roaches Los ~ n g e l e s two days af ter publication. Informantstated that KENEN reported tha t the Palcor Sorvice direct ly to theS ~ ... 10 ~ P f ~

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' ...,.."ii Lil. 65-4962 ! : f 9 f ~ ; s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I ' NeVI Yorlc Off ice had s ta r ted on June 20, 1949 and t h a t one member ofthe s t a f f spont nmch of tho day dccoding and s tonc i l ins Palcor cables

and then sen t it a i r mai l . to Lo s Angelos, Washington and Canada (U) " , . " D . l ~ P : t U r Q P Q : r t . ~ g ....t ha t h i s o f f r ' c - e . . _ ~ n d the Wr.shington Offico had 'tYworked out a c O d . e : s o t h a t c I ~ i . s s f r r e d : m O ' s S a g 6 s c 6 U l d b e .. t r ansml t t ed .A

Informa:l t s t a t ed tha t a mC0ting of the Press Rela t ions....~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s i ~ e ; ; ~ s O ~ t ~ : ~ ~ : ~ b ~ ; ~ t , , , = i ~ i l : : i : ~ ~ w n , s . ula te in i'Jew York

EL r.:.HU E I J ~ THRUTH GOLDSCHMID'l' (Director of the Research and R6ference" Division of the I s r ae l i Office of Information,~ I York City. )\ ~ 1 0 3 H ' RElIT\ 0/5 HAR ZINDER '". Informant s t a t ed tha t E L ~ T H s t a t ed tha t the plan to": j publ i sh an American ed i t ion of tho Pales t ine Post had been~ s c r a F 9 0 d du e to lack, ,oJ; funds and the. t l ~ ~ l Speaks" would be .i continued; t ha t ABEf.'F'EINBERG and D; H ~ A H L hud approached ELl.THi with a view to secur ing Government ass is tance and of improving, the paper; t h a t no funds t-loro being so l i c i t ed . E T . . i . i ~ T H wolcomedt he i r proposal on condit ion t ha t the paper follow the Government, l ine and no t become involved in i n t e rna l Zionis t f r i c t i on . Theboard agreed thE', t c lose 1 i 0.:1. 8 on be maintained with '!J:srael Speaks"and t h a t in the day to day r e la t ions the New York Office should; deal in techn ica l l i a i son prOViding mater ia l to tho pupar, and, the Washington Office should deal with the quest ion of ed i to r i a l

(U) .l.... : p ( ) . ~ ..~ . ..~ . I O l , : 3 ... ~ ~ , ~ h . ~ ~ . ~ ) } ( ? .. f ~ [ , l m . ~ . l : r q J . ; > l b . Q f .....the. ... PU.bl.iC .... Hola.t.ion.8 ... . 3 o Q . r d . ~ Miss GOLDSCmUDT suggested tha,t a b e t t e r Tel .L'..viv

I correspondent be secured fo r the paper and t ha t the board take . i an i n t e re s t in improving tho qua l i ty of the news an d fea tu re ! . (U) i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~ u ~ . ~ . ? ! . ~ ~ : ~ .. P ~ P ? t . . ) ( , \ . Informant s t a t ed tha t following tho meoting a shor t ; conference was held with FEINBERG and WAHL on ' ' Israel Spea!{s";t h a t EL.i;'TH repor tod to them tho board ' s agreement to provide

.. ,addit iona.l mater ia l and ass is tance to the paper . ELl.TH pointedi'- ~ 6 u t t h a t the paper vlould be given conf id6nt ia l b r ie f ing but in

thfJ Government would oxpect the loya l cooperat ion of thejpaper . FEINBERG assurec:. tho board on th is mat ter but sa id the ti ~ h e e d ~ t o r s would fee l f ree to conduct the paper as an independent

\pUbl ica t ion and to c r i t iciz.o the Government (of I s rae l ) when .L ~ - n - \ lIf" I ---------:----

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lui. 65-4962 SECRE\I i t fe l t necessary. E L ~ T n said that the board would ful ly respectthe r ight of the paper to do so; that the only COl1CGrn vms thatOjSIsrael Spellks"mlght become :.l factional organ; that the board. J ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ < > C Z ~ ~ : : ~ : " ~ : X a e l Speaki' as long as i t weB advantageous

T-3 reported tha t a meeting of the P u b ~ i c RolationsBoard was held at the Embassy in Washington on September 16, 1949....(U) I t H w a s . ~ t t ended.. h y . t h r q : f . ' 9 ~ ~ ' ? ~ ~ : t : : ~ ' : " A i E L l l ~ H ~ L A T H ; R U T ~ G O L D S C H M I D T ) H I T l ~ GROSSMANf ESTHER HERLITZ (Hoad of the Americen Desk, Is rae l i! Ministry of Foreign Affai rs . )! URIEL HEYD(U) '. I '1 . L. KENEN

,e.. "'.... M O S I ~ N fMission to tho United s tates in 19 and subsequentlyFi rs t Secretary at the Embassy,).... ,..."..X.. f ARTI . IVERHAN'l' (former Press Attacho 48 the I s rae l i

l ~ R T H U R LOURIEMOSHE YUVAL" \ H 1 ~ R R Y ZINDERf' At this meeting LOURIE discussed his ~ r i p to Is rae l .. LOURIE also reported that thoro was s t i l l $50,000 in the treasury

-from the B.R. fund; that $10,000 had boon se t a,Jide for an undefinod programithet ClS,OOO would b turned oV9r to tho PublicRelations Board, and that ~ ~ D L I (Secrutary G o n e ~ a l , Is rae l i ~ 1 i n i s t r y

(U)t?f . F Q r . o 1 g n . ' : ~ f f . I : l , : i , . : J : ' ~ L ~ ~ ~ p ~ ( ) P . E ' ! ' ~ ~ to give the Lor; i ~ n g e l o s Q!!,ce~ p 3 , 0 0 0 for i n . f o r m ~ _ t i o n wor'Ic B.bove....ahdbe'Yond .. t h e : w 1 5 j O O G . ~ The employment 01' r t ~ R I ~ Y R K I N was discussed and i tHas mentionod tha t her employment had been approved but tha t(u) i t was not clear whether her salary would come out of the board's b U d g e t . H ~ In.formant stated that another Public Relations Board_ meeting was held at tho Consulate a t New York on October 17, 1949t (U) .. a n d t h a t i t .was.. ~ : 1 : ; t Q n q ~ 4 . J . J y . : X . ' . ..."MINU.AAIDOVITCH (Who at that t i ~ l e w a s Assistant tothe Press Advisor, Embassy, Washington.)

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1. L. KENENMOSHE KERENi ~ H T H U R LOUHIEHL.RRY ZHIDER." Informant stated that Dr. KEREN announc ed Z INDEH I s resignation a t this meeting, which was to be eff8ct ive N o v e m b e t ~ J : ' $ ~ ~

Wl 5, .. ~ 9 4 9 . ZINDER stated that for the timo being D ~ V I D O V I T C H woul d C i i r r y u O n h i s W : Q : r ' ~.. Informant stated that the P ~ e 8 s Relations Boardmeoting was held a t the Embassy, Washington, on November 3,

(U) .. 1949 and t:ha t ~ ~ , : " , a ~ ~ ~ . ~ ? ~ d e d by t h e . ~ ~ ~ ~ ( ) ~ . ~ : r y ~ ~ ~ . V I ~ ; O ~ R N S T E I H

RITI. GROSSMANh V R ~ a ~ H ~ R M O N (Who was a t that time Is rae l i ConsulGenera.l in Canada.)ESTHER HERLITZ1. L. KENENMOSHE KERENARTHUR LOURIEMt'.RIE SYRKINMOSHE YUV....LH::..RRY ZI1'DERAt this meeting, according to informant T-3, thecomposition of the board wa.s discussed in view of Z D I D ~ H I S

resignation. The original membership was composed of ELhTH,LOURIE, ZAMICHOW ( B E R N 1 ~ R D ) , D ~ . F I H and KENEN. Mis s GROSSI-IANIs.to r replac ed Zl.MICHOW. I t was agreed that Washington andNow York would select the names of porsonnel to at tend subsequent~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ ! ~ ~ ~ . ; ~ l ~ . ~ . ; ~ ~ . ~ ~ . ; ..... ~ . ~ ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . : . I . ~ . ~ A ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ . ) . ~ i ~ ; ~ ~ a ~ ~ ; ~ . : ~ ~ : ~ (U) ........."U"

At this meeting Miss HERLITZ announced that Dr. KERENhad been appointed to coordinate tho policies of public relations.:(u).i i

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LA 65-1+962ESTHER HERLI'rzI . L. KENENMOSHE KEHENARTHUR LOURIEMOSHE Y U V . . : ~ L ' ' f 9 ~ ~ 1 . $ l % > ~ , .

wasby: heldInformant sta ted t ~ ~ t a Press Relationson December 28, 1949 a t Washington, D.C. Board meetingand was attended

ARTHUR LOURIEMOSHE IGmENI . L ~ m N MElR a ~ L I T (at tha t time SiliiLIT had recent ly been' : 'appointed Assistant Press Atta.che at th o Embassy.)HOSHE YUV i ~ M I N N 1 ~ Dl.VIDOVI'l'CHInformant statod tha t a t this meeting the questionof asking Hi.HIE SYRKIN to help with th e News Letter ( ~ ) U b l i s h e d . . by the I srae l i Offico of Information in Washington) was againbrought up. ,KEREN agreed to ta lk to Miss SYlUCIN on his nextj t r ip to New York ), fInformant s ta tad that a PIlCSS -. ReIn t ions Board meeting was held at the Consulate a t New Yorl

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L. \ 65-)+962the major papers in order to refute Mr. ACHESON's l e t t e r toCongrossman Ji.VITS. Dr. KEREN was against asking illncrican Jewsto make protcst. KENEN suggested that action be in i t ia tod a tthe Secur i ty-Counci lor tha t a story be leaked ~ Lake Success.KENEN pointed out that i t would be di ff icu l t to got support ~ ~ S ~ } from th o papors since tIl.';) question of arme.monts was pert ,of --r'" : ' \Eithe East-West complication. BERNSTEIN suggestud thQt th o organizat ion which had made a p r o t ( ~ s t on Irt:.Q, POGR0I1S could now communicateprivately with the Unitod States Government. Dr. ~ ~ R E f i n a l l Y asked KENEN to sook editor ial support from th o Tim d Herald-Tribune and KENEN proposed that KEREN approach DRE ~ \ R S O N .

In connoction with this discussion of arms at tent ion16 directod to information set out above concernins the effortsbeing made by tho Israel is to change the policies of the UnitedStates State Department.

-.T-3 reported tha t on F'ebrut.ry 20, 19.50 n. PublicRelations Board meeting WRS hold at Consulato of New York Cityand i t was attended by th o following:..... EL Ii.HU ELi:.THVIC1'OR BEHNSTEINI'-iIi'lNl. D i VIDOVITCHRUTH GOLDSCHMIDT

R l r r ~ ' . . GROSSI1[",,:NMOSHE KEREN1 . L . KENENAHTHUR LOURIETJIil.RIE SYRKINInJ'ormant stated that a Press Relations Board meetingwas held at New York City on Juno 2, 19.50 an d i t vms attendedby:REUVEN D : ~ l t ~ N I A V R j . H l ~ H H . : ' ~ R H O N MOSUE KBRENI . L. KENENId\THllH_.1'OUR IE , ./I S i . u ~ ~ O S E n C H A H Z (this is Y I T Z S I - L ~ ~ f u . N ~ O S E l J K R . L . N Z who

was employed ~ ~ s s i s t a n t Pross ~ d v i s o r at theEmbassy on May 1 , 1950 and who was terminated onSeptembor 22, 19.50, according to T-6.)RUTH GOLDSCHMIDT:U:r..... G n O s . s l : h ~ I ~ P , X r - T TS E - 15 '7" r l " , ~

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LA 6 5 ~ 4 9 6 2 he, together with the Press Division of the Foreign M i n i s t r y , ~ ~ had moved to the Prime Ministor 's Office and that the e x a c tW ! ere la t ionship between his Division and tho Press Attache abroadhad not been d&cided upon defini te ly a t that t ime. P & ~ R L ~ ~ N in answerlng DAFNI' s request to be returned to ; r isl t IsraEll 1\tSE'R'" ..to personally se t out his posit ion in a dlsput8 in which he w a opposed by E L I ~ H U ELATE, statod tha t tho matter would be takenup within the next few woeks and tha t the foroign ministry wasvery jealous of i t s personnol and would have to decide whethera t tha t moment members of the i r s ta f f serving abroad should cometo Is rae l for vis i t s . As a possible solution to DLF}TI's requostO/S P E A R L ~ ~ N t e l l s him that his best bet would be to make applicationto return to Isra01 through E S T l ~ R HERLITZ,who w ~ a t that time. ~ c t i n g Head of the i.merican Division of the Foreign Hinistry, and P E A n L ~ N concludes by sta t ing that when ho gets a chance totalk to anyone else of influonce ho.would do so and t rusts that h is attempts would be successful. P E f ~ R L M 1 " N s to. ted in conclusionthat he himself had sent a note to ESTHER HERLITZ strongly reoomrnending..D.:...F N V s v l s i t ..:;s( .

In connection with D ~ F N I t s desire to vis i t Israel , T-3 stated tha t D ~ F N I departod Los Angelos for Is rae l on Juno....... ~ . :J,,949 P.I'lQ.: .. r . ~ t . \ l , 1 : ' n . < : : l t . . Q LQs . L ~ n g . e . l e n on JUlY ..15 , 1949 ...

In conncction with D..:'l.FNI's dlferences vli th EL.'"THthe information furnished by T-3 disclosos that t h ~ r e was aconstant squabble between the three Offices of Information thenexistent in the United States (Now York, Washington and Los i:a.ngoles)and tha t DAFNI was of t h opinion that public re la t ions workshould be decentralized and that I . L. YillNEN was as rosolute('U) tha t public r.elations work .. .9hould b.e Oo.ntra.liZ.ld i n .one Off-ic.e .X

In connection with DhFNI's v i s i t to Israel i t is pointed out, supra, that immediately upon his roturn to theO/S United s tates he reported to tho Public Relations Board in New York. I t is also noted that D ~ F N I makes referenco to a..) . shake1JP in ls.rf),.o.l. .. a f ' t ~ r . thQ Q.epa.:rt.ure Q! .. . i ~ V R l ~ H j M JiL.RNQNll .

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Lf. 65-4962July 20, 1949 to KENEN ref locts tha t R I T i ~ w a probably flying ho 28th. 'rhis messago WE,S not a D l ~ j ~ T message. I t is also . Jpointed out that a t 'thePT'OS3 Rolations Board meeting in New Yonk on JUly 18,.1949 RITA GROSSMAN was not in attendance and tha t................... . . . --- '" lhe had a t tended a l l p I ' , r V i o u " m e e t ~

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(-t is pointed out that the Public Relations Board,which so t policy for the Is raol i OfficG of Information in theUnited States, was composed of the ranking I s rae l i off ic ia l si . in thtl United States , with the; exception of the Hil i ta ry J : tta.choand members of Israel i s dolcgation to the United .Nations. I t

..... .:. is also noted that the maj ori ty of the DAAT messages deal t vii th ,mainly, matters pertaining to the United Nations. 1. L. KENBNI> was Director of Public Relations for the I s rae l i delegation toU) u t h e u m U n i t e d m N a t i o n s a n d u u i ~ R T H U R m L O U R I E m w a s m a n m a l t G . r n a t . Q u o . o l o g a t e l ' ~ ~

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I ; advised T H E O D O ~ ~ L L E K (nt tha t time Head of the Lmerican1: Desk, I s rael i Foreign Office) of his thoughts concerning the1 future of the I s rae l i Offico of Information 1n the United Sta tes . DAFNI called K O L L ~ ~ I S at tent ion to a report made by S ~ E N E N , which report consisted of the act iv i t ies of the IsraeLi Officoof Information and which report contained two appendices, oneby RITA GROSSMfl.N and th o other by RUTH GOLDSCHNIDT. The KENENreport also contained a confidential report on re la t ions between

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Ll. 65-1+962The repor t contains a great many s ta t i s t i ca l accomplishments (such as documents, news re leases, pamphlots, e tc . , published

(U) ... _ a n d d l B t r i b u t e d . ) ~ ~ ioP .The repor t fur ther s ta t8s that beginning September ( ' ~ R E T 26, 1949 the distr ibut ion of a weokly news sorvice was begun. ~ T This service i s ident i f iod as I .S . I . (Israel Service of Information)and i t is sent to hnglo-Jowish nowspapers, Jewish organizationsan d individuals. The report further statEJs that fr0quontconforonces wore held with roprosontat ives of the Jewish agenciesand the American Zionist Council to discuss public relat ionspol ic ies and techniques. I t sta tos that the 104 Hntiona.l Jewish

~ g e n c i e s in New York receive releases and constantly a ~ fornews oditoria l advice, foaturo muturiul and photographs and had .cooperated i helping p ~ o ~ u c c . some .of the m ~ r e i r ; : p o r ~ S l t publicat ions by bUyJ.ng and d i s t r ~ b u t l p g + . l : l , r . e G . . q u a n " , i . t i o o . J......................................-...............................................................................................--- .. -----_.

The report sta tes that the Office of Informationperforms extensive service for the United Nations delogationin other than puroly pres s w o . ~ r s in the.t members of the s ta f fhad pr8pared preliminary surveys on United Nations major problems.Informant s ta ted tha t a ttachod to KEHEIP s r e p o r t was a lrwmorandumonti t led "Relations botween We.shington and Now Yorkl l and Itproposalson Function and Juresdict ion". With regard to re la t ions botweenW a s h i n ~ t o n and New York th o memorandum sta tes that i t was preparedas a resul t of the v i s i t of Foreign Minister S H ~ R E T T . T-3 advisedthat this sect ion of tho report was a detai led i temizat ion of thedifferences which had arisen between the offices over functions

(u) .. ' and j ~ ! . ~ ~ t . l . : ! 9 t . . : t , 9 P..HXIn concluding his report SIL\RETT makes a numbor ofproposals and offers detailod argument to support his conclusion.i U ) ~ ~ s proposals (wi t h o ~ ~ ... t ~ argument) a r E J . ~ ~ f C l . ~ ~ < : ) ~ f l J . X

1. The Government of Israel should have one cent ra loff ice of information in the Unit8d Sta tes .2. The cent ra l off ice of information should be inNew York.3- The New York Office of Informo.tion must remain(U) withtheU.N, d e l e g a t t b h a h d t h o C o r i s u l 1 i t c ~ 4. The Information Off ica in New York must beresponsible f ina l ly to the hmbassador.

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5. The Public Relations Board should consist of majo rIs rae l i off ic ia ls in th is country and should be concerned withmatters of polic1es--not impJ.ementation.6. The Wash ington Press Attache has a major tusk

in the nation 's capito l Under proposal 6, Y-BNEN se t forth the :following:a. The vJash lngton Press AttClcho has a fu ll-t imeassignment handling the Washington and Washington1smany columnist and commontators .whose ar tic los arc syndicatedthroughout the country.b. His basis of operations is in the National PressCluh, tho pross galler ies on the h i l l and press rooms in GovGrnment offices . He briefs radio commentators and courtsbusiness and magazinespec ia lis ts . c. He collec ts intolliGence, meeting press attachesof other Embass ios, pUblicity mon of na.tional po li t ica l part ie s , and Government offic ia ls

. d. Washingt on is a c 1 tY of pars anal contac t . Thel Washington Office is a goodwill and in te ll igence outpost for lhe Governmont. I t 1s not an office of information in the senso b l( '\nL .a . . .- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -i~ ~ ~ . n d 1 r b t.:j'..Q.l:l(IS)",I!I

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