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305. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree)1

Washington, October 6, 1956

General Cabell advised me this afternoon that a re-evaluation has been made by CIA and the Air Force of all available information concerning the number of Mystere Mark IV’s in Israel. It is the combined intelligence estimate, which they consider to be reliable, [Page 654] that there are in fact 60 Mark IV’s now in Israel. The Israelis do not have any Mark II’s and have expressed the opinion that they do not wish any in view of the difficulties of maintaining two different types.

At my request, General Cabell is going to forward this information to the Secretary in New York through his own communications system.

H.H. Jr.
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 784A.56/10–656. Top Secret. a marginal notation on the source text reads: “Mr. Rountree saw.”↩