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American Captain and Mate of Irgun Gun-runner Released by Israel Authorities

June 27, 1948
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Monroe Fein and Jack Brown, captain and first mate, respectively, of the Intercepted Irgun gun-runner, were released from prison today. After a conference with Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok, Brown declared that “Tel Aviv was saved from destruction by a sheer miracle, when the explosives on the ship did not explode.

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