Extract from the Department of State Wireless Bulletin,1 February 27, 1950
Israel has requested permission to buy arms and military equipment in the United States and the State Department is considering the request, according to Department officials.
Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Elath made the request last week,2 and presented a list of arms desired, State Department spokesmen told newsmen today.
News dispatches from London reported that Israel has made a similar request of Great Britain.
Officials in Washington pointed out that a relatively small amount of U.S. arms has gone to Israel in the past. Export permits are necessary for such shipments. U.S. policy generally permits shipments of arms if they are needed for the maintenance of order in the countries requesting them, the officials said.
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- The official news service of the Department of State. It was prepared by the Division of International Press and Publications in the Bureau of Public Affairs and transmitted daily by radio or wireless to foreign service posts abroad. It contained official texts of pronouncements by the President, the Secretary of State and the Department of State, proceedings of the United Nations, editorial opinion, and the like. The United States Information Service distributed foreign language editions in various foreign cities.↩
- The request was actually made on February 13; see footnote 2, p. 737.↩