sep 8, 1939 - "ZIONISTS FAITHFUL TO BRITAIN
Dr. Weizmann Repeats Pledge
LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER"
-London Jewish Chronicle 1939, September 8
Chaim Weizmann, President of the World
Jewish Congress declare support for war
against Germany
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Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Jewish Congress, Head of the Jewish Agency and later President of Israel, London Jewish Chronicle, September 8, 1939.
ZIONISTS FAITHFUL TO BRITAIN
Dr. Weizmann Repeats Pledge
LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency, has reaffirmed the pledge of loyalty to Britain given by the recent Zionist Congress i& the following* letter to the Prime Minister: "In this hour of supreme crisis, the consciousness that the jews have a contribution to make to the defence of sacred values impels me to write this letter. I wish to confirm, in the most explicit manner, the. declarations which I and my colleagues have made during the last months,
and especially in the last week: that the Jews * stand fry Great Britain
and will fight on the side of the democracies.'
"Our urgent desire is to give effect to these declarations. We wish to do so in a way entirely consonant with the general scheme of British action, and therefore would place ourselves, in matters big and small, under the coordinating direction of His Majesty's Government. The Jewish Agency is ready to enter into immediate arrangements for utilising Jewish man-power, technical ability, resources, etc.
"The Jewish Agency has recently had differences in the political field with the Mandatory Power. We would like these differences to give way before the greater and more pressing necessities of the time. We ask you to accept this declaration in the spirit in which it is made."
In his reply, the Prime Minister says: "I should like to express my warm appreciation-of the contents of your letter of August 29 and of the spirit which prompted it. It is true, that differences- of opinion exist between the Mandatory Power and the Jewish Agency as regards policy in Palestine, but I gladly accept, the assurance contained in. your letter. I note with pleasure that in this time of supreme emergency, when those things which we hold dear are at stake, Britain can rely upon the wholehearted co-operation of the Jewish Agency. You will not expect, me to say more at this stage than that your public-spirited assurances are welcome and will be kept in mind.
The Chief Rabbis of Palestine have sent the following message to the Prime Minister: "Please convey to His Majesty heartfelt blessings and fervent prayers of Palestine Jewry for Great Britain's victory in the heroic stand for right against might and for ultimate world peace."
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