Summary
Sir Ernst Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers, whose consent to supply Palestine with rough diamonds was sought in 1940 and secured through George Prins (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.48, p.55-56).
Details
- Ethel Hayman, a Zionist activist in Johannesburg, was asked to approach Oppenheimer to secure his consent to provide Palestine with rough diamonds and small stones (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.48).
- George Prins of Hennig & Co. was instrumental in persuading Oppenheimer to supply Palestine with diamonds (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.55-56).