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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book/memoir excerpt (contained within house oversight committee records)
File Size:
2.3 MB
Summary
This document is page 75 of a memoir or book, stamped with a House Oversight Committee file number. The text is a first-person narrative, likely by Ehud Barak (given the specific military history described), detailing his time in the Israeli special forces unit Sayeret Matkal. The text covers his return from France in 1963, his critique of French commando culture, and the strategic planning of a complex intelligence operation to wiretap Egyptian military communications in the Sinai.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| The Narrator | Author/Military Officer |
Likely Ehud Barak (based on historical context of Sayeret Matkal and Sinai wiretapping operations appearing in Epstei...
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| Avraham | Military Superior/Colleague |
Asked the narrator to share experiences with other officers.
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| Gamal Abdel Nasser | President of Egypt |
Described as the enemy determined to erase the state of Israel.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Sayeret Matkal |
Israeli military intelligence unit/fighting force.
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| French commandos |
Military group the narrator observed and critiqued.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (indicated by footer stamp).
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Timeline (2 events)
June 1963
Narrator returns and briefs Sayeret officers on experiences with French commandos.
Israel
Undated (Future planning)
Planning of an operation to tap military communications cables in the Sinai.
Sinai/Egypt
Relationships (2)
Avraham asked narrator to brief officers.
Key Quotes (3)
""The ethos of a unit like theirs, and like ours, is essential to making us strong," I said. "But what I saw in France was an entire ecosystem that these guys had created, extremely patriotic in their own minds, reinforced by one another. But dangerous for society as a whole.""Source
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"It was Egypt – with its hundreds of battle tanks, and hundreds of thousands of men under arms – that was by far our most powerful Arab enemy."Source
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Quote #2
"The idea was to tap into the main military communications cable in the Sinai."Source
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Quote #3
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