Original sentence: In January 1941, Stern attempted to make an agreement with the German Nazi authorities, offering to "actively take part in the war on Germany's side" in return for "the establishment of the historic Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis, bound by a treaty with the German Reich"
Edited sentence: In January 1941, the Nazi Final Solution strategy regarding the Jews wasn't yet widely known in Palestine, and Stern, whose organization lacked intelligence sources in Europe, attempted to make an agreement with the German Nazi authorities, offering to "actively take part in the war on Germany's side" in return for "the establishment of the historic Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis, bound by a treaty with the German Reich"