An interesting letter by Moshe Sharet, typewritten on the official stationery of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and hand-signed by him ("M. Shertok"). Jerusalem, August 1938. Hebrew.
The letter, addressed to Executive Director of the Elran Bank, Herman Elran, refers without explicitly naming the Irgun to its operations against the Arab population in Palestine: "The assumption that the Arabs throw bombs intentionally in order to kill dozens of their own in order to have reason to attack the Jews – seems to us here far-fetched […] Anyway, such theories, when coming from us, must seem to any unbiased bystander much less plausible than the Arabs' assumption that such deeds were done by Jews […] We must also be careful not to say things that seem as intentional cover-up of the possibility that such deeds were done by Jews. Such cover-up will not help us improve our reputation among the non-Jewish public opinion […] the claim that it is inconceivable that a Jew might penetrate Arab territories such as these where bombs exploded in Haifa and Jerusalem has to a large extent been refuted by a Jew named Ras being wounded there" [presumably, Sharet is referring to the Irgun member Ya'akov Raz, who in July 1938 tried to activate a landmine in the market of the Old City of Jerusalem, was caught and committed suicide so as not to expose the Irgun].
[2] leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Filing holes. Stains. Small tears to edges.