Editorial Note
The Secretary of State, in a note of September 3 to Eliahu Epstein, replied to the latter’s note of August 26 requesting that the United States military authorities in the American zones in Germany and Austria be instructed to remove restrictions on the emigration of men of military age from these zones to Israel. The note of September 3 informed Mr. Epstein that “further instructions have now been issued by the United States Government to the zonal military authorities. The instructions provide for the continued prohibition of the exit of emigrants for Israel identified as fighting personnel, and authorize the departure of those men of military age for whom accredited representatives of the Provisional Government of Israel submit to the zonal military authorities advance clearance for emigration obtained from the Mediator by such representatives.” For the full texts of the exchange of notes, see Department of State Bulletin, September 19, 1948, page 386.