Selzer explains to BR the existing ethnic prejudice in Israel between European and Oriental Jews.

The European Jews are few in number yet have complete control of the government. Selzer believes Israelis are sensitive to foreign opinion. A statement from BR urging the people of Israel to acknowledge the problem and suggest possible solutions will have a positive effect.

BR has annotated the letter in Edith Russell's hand: "It does not seem to me to be our business to take part in this sort of internal quarrel among Jews. BR"