LT. GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/27/1963 - HFSID 273147

ISRAEL'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SENDS GREETINGS FROM AFRICA TO HIS DEPARTMENT
 
MOSHE DAYAN. ALS: "Naaman and Moshe" on verso of postcard. Color, 6x4¼. Front depicts a young African girl. Two Cameroun stamps affixed, postmarked Douala, date illegible, but dated by Dyan at upper margin: "September 27, 1963". Written in Hebrew to the Ministry of Agriculture, Hakiryah, Tel Aviv, Israel. Translated, in full: "Shalom How are we doing? (Naaman, I and the gang). In order to get stuck in Cameroon, in Douala on the Lions Day - you have to know how to plan it, but in that we are experts! We already did Togo. Everyone is taking good care of us, showing us respect, etc. and everyone eats and drinks and talks with no end. Regards to everyone." At the time he wrote this letter, Dayan was Israel's Minister of Agriculture (1959-1964). Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) founded the Haganah militia force in 1939. While leading a Jewish company against the Vichy French in Syria, he lost his left eye and thereafter wore a black patch. After serving in the British Army during WWII, Dayan fought in Israel's first war after independence in 1948. Israeli Chief of Staff (1953-1958), Dayan is credited with the Israeli Army's success in Gaza and the Sinai in the 1956 Suez War. As Minister of Defense, he planned and commanded the Six Day War (1967). General Dayan, who resigned after a disagreement over the 1973 Yom Kippur War, later served as Foreign Minister (1977-1979). Lightly creased at corners, light vertical crease touches some writing. Lightly soiled, paper clip rust mark at lower left margin (not at writing). Overall, fine condition.
 
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