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_ ~ In reply, concerntag ‘the *Raganah Organization, ® ; the following inf your inquiry oreation ie being sot, forthy: ores . x The wilitary Totelligence ‘Division ef the ar Lepartaint in - os 3y septenbe?s 1943, advised that the Macanah is the defense arzy of the Jenieh - * Agency for Palestine in that country, The Haganah wes said to have been . “: Lounced in, or shortly after, 1919 and through the aid rendered by the - ages Palestinian Ketlonal Labor Federation, knows as the Bistadrat, it finally ~a Seveloped into a well organized defense force, The word "Ba ganah® itself. _weans defense, It is reported that the Hagenah actually since the early 20'g' \, : bas consisted of two groupa, a legal group cospesed of the police tects uke: \ , Gonstabulery, ete., and an unofficial defense force made up of voluntes ~<A from the Jewish community, - It was reported thet this unofficial me naturally idegal end had & be trained in secrecy, we ee Phe! ‘Haganah’ ‘reportedly was dominated by todividuals who believed. < So in a policy of “havlegh" (self-restraint). There grew up within the.:”: , X| orgardvation a @nall group which objected to this policy of self-restraint . and advocated acts of viol Violence, retaliation and terrorisn, gn Ere ina : . 30's this minority broke with the Hagenah and forged the’ ox ( Both the Irgua. and the Reganah are ¥ pregently” in “on September M4, 19 ‘the New York newspaper "Pu*,~. ex ~" hat ‘Ya The: Haganah?* and the explanat, she ‘peoples defense aruy of Palestine | engaged sending imeigration ahipa to Pale aetlne 8 poartisenent oe el _ in the newspaper over the name of an organization know as Anericans for “ “i, Baganah, Incorporated. (The Dopartant of Justice on December 23, 1947, ry des sssiviced the Bureau that a istter had peep adcGressed to the organivation * a\ ie i: kere 5 ur? iovwericans for * Hacanaly Tenorporatads informing the officers Se ee of the = a ier,