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Gershon Agron (Agronsky), the mayor of Jerusalem and newspaper editor, 2 typed letters from him and to him, 1940, 1941, in English, Eretz Israel. 1. Letter from Gershon Agronsky, October 31, 1941. G. Agronsky The recipient's address is listed below: British Cons[ulate] 1658 B. Friedley, Seria Safad. This means the letter was from Gershon Agronsky (later Agron), editor of The Palestine Post. Interestingly, the text mentions an error in the publication of the photograph, which the editors decided not to publicly correct to avoid drawing further attention to it. 2. Letter from District Offices, Tel Aviv, October 1940, to Gershon Agronsky Ref. № TA/1497 DISTRICT OFFICES TEL AVIV Addressed to: G. Agronsky, Esq., Editor-in-Chief, “Palestine Post”, Jerusalem. This document is particularly interesting: it directly mentions Martin Agronsky, a renowned American journalist and correspondent and Gershon Agronsky's nephew. The author suggests replacing Gershon's scheduled speech with Martin's, if he is still in Palestine. Gershon Harry Agron (Hebrew: גרשון אגרון; né Agronsky; 7 January 1894 [O.S. 27 December 1893] - 1 November 1959) was an Israeli newspaper editor, politician, and the mayor of West Jerusalem between 1955 and his death in 1959. Martin Zama Agronsky (January 12, 1915 - July 25, 1999), also known as Martin Agronski, was an American journalist, political analyst, and television host. He began his career in 1936, working under his uncle, Gershon Agron, at the Palestine Post in Jerusalem, before deciding to work freelance in Europe a year later. At the outbreak of World War II, he became a war correspondent for NBC, working across three continents before returning to the United States in 1943 and covering the last few years of the war from Washington, D.C., with ABC. - Gershon Agron (Agronsky), the mayor of Jerusalem and newspaper editor, 2 typed letters from him and to him, 1940, 1941, in English, Eretz Israel