Editorial Note
In November 1948, Israel made two requests of the Department for American technical assistance. On the 17th the Israeli Mission requested that two Israeli police officers be trained in the United States in modern methods of criminal investigation and on the 23rd the Mission requested an American survey of the civil aviation requirements of Israel (letters of Uriel Heyd to Stuart W. Rockwell, 811.22767N/11–1748 and 867N.796A/2348).
The Secretary of State, in a letter of January 25, 1949, informed Mr. Epstein that the Secretary of Commerce would endeavor to procure suitable personnel for the latter request and suggested the assignment of two technicians from the Civil Aeronautics Administration on a reimbursable basis (867N.796A/1–1449).
The Department, on January 27, 1949, regretted its inability to comply with the earlier request. It was explained that “due to the large number of applications from law enforcement officers within the United States it has been necessary to adopt a policy of not accepting representatives of foreign governments at the National Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”. (Letter from Mr. Satterthwaite to Mr. Heyd, 811.2276N/12–2748)