BORIS SENIOR / EZER WEIZMANN / PAUL HOMESKI   I had scrupulously paid social calls on a number of old friends – giving my publishing project as the explanation of my presence in England (in the winter of 1947).   Through one of them I had a surprise visit one morning from a young South African named Boris Senior.   I had last seen him years earlier as a small boy at his home in Johannesburg where I had been on visiting terms, and where I used to have heated discussions with his father, Woolf Senior, a prominent Zionist, a stout supporter of Dr. Weizmann, and a fierce opponent of all that I stood for.   Boris told me that he was studying at the London School of Economics, but was restless and frustrated at being inactive while the battle for Jewish independence was being waged.   He had been a pilot in the South African Air Force during the World War, and was certain that he could be of service.   Surely I could help him get in touch with the Irgun.   I was taken aback; and tried to dissuade him.   His elder brother, Leon, had been killed in the War.   Knowing moreover his father’s extreme antipathy to the Irgun, would it be fair to take the risk of bringing more sorrow down on his head?   Boris was firm.   He had risked his life for South Africa. He had the right to risk his life for the Jews.   “I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN” HE SAID “BUT I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PREVENT ME.  IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION I NEED, IT’S YOUR DUTY TO GIVE IT TO ME.”   To this I had no reply.   I promised to do as he asked.   He had another surprise for me. He had a friend from Palestine, also studying at the L.S.E., also a World War air veteran, who shared his feelings, and wanted to join the Irgun.   His name was Ezer Weizmann, a nephew of the Zionist leader.   Over him I irrationally hesitated even longer, but decided finally that Dr. Weizmann’s kith and kin had as much right as anybody to be rebel.   I made arrangements for both of them to report to Lankin in Paris.   ***They both became part of the new and select band of volunteers who, innocent of previous “suspect” associations and exercising extreme care, never came under the notice of a vigilant and active Scotland Yard.   In the group was yet a third air veteran of World War II: Paul Homeski, of the Free French Forces, a son of Benzion Homeski who had shared imprisonment at Acre with Jabotinsky for taking part in the defense of Jerusalem in 1920.   None however had underground operational experience; and to make the Irgun in England battle-worthy it was necessary to bring in “front line” reinforcements from outside.   NOTE: Two years later in the War of Independence this trio were among the first pilots in the embryo Israel Air Force.  Each of them was at some stage Chief of Operations. Weizmann came to be Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force.