Withdrawn.
Approximately 400 letters, documents and paper items, belonging to Isser Pen, financial advisor to Chief of Staff and head of Supply Wing in the Ministry of Defense. Haifa, Tel-Aviv, Paris, London and other locations. Late 1940s to mid 1960s (a number of items from later years). Hebrew, some French and English.
The collection includes:
• Dozens of letters from leaders and military figures, among them: a letter signed by David Ben-Gurion, typewritten on official stationery of "State of Israel, Defense Minister Office", dated 29.2.1953; notice of appointment of Ya'akov Dori, first IDF Chief of Staff; Two notices of appointment and three letters signed by hand by Yigael Yadin, second IDF Chief of Staff; five letters hand-signed by Mordechai Maklef, third IDF Chief of Staff; two notices hand-signed by Moshe Dayan, fourth IDF Chief of Staff; as well as letters from deputy Chief of Staff Yosef Avidor, Head of Medical Corps Avraham Atzmon, Chief Communications officer Yitzchak Almog, Commander of Intelligence Binyamin Gibli, David Ben-Gurion's military adjutant Nehemia Argov, and others.
• About 20 letters and paper items from the Independence War period: two notices of appointment dated 16.4.1948, assigning Pen the task of "managing all wireless communication in the Haifa region"; two certificates of exemption from duty (different from each other), awarded to Penn in May-June, 1948. One ink-stamped with the "Haganah Haifa Headquarters" stamp and the other ink-stamped with the "Va'adat HaMatzav" stamp; "Urgent" letter, dated 24.11.1948, sent to Penn on behalf of Moshe Carmel, commander of north front. Appointment as investigation committee member to "investigate the horrible actions executed during Operation Hiram", and more.
• Dozens of letters and documents documenting Penn's role in acquisition operations in the 1950s, among them eight letters from Shimon Peres (then Director General of Ministry of Defense).
• Other items.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.