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Extraction Summary
3
People
4
Organizations
7
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Memoir / book excerpt (evidence file)
File Size:
2.39 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page (73) from a memoir, likely by Ehud Barak (given the context of Sayeret Matkal and the specific history described), produced as part of a House Oversight investigation. The text details the narrator's early military career in 1963, specifically his leadership in Sayeret Matkal operations in the Golan Heights and a training exchange with French Colonel Albert Merglen. The narrative concludes with the author traveling to a French fortress in the Pyrenees for a counter-guerrilla course, marking his first legal trip outside Israel.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator | Sayeret Matkal Officer/Commander |
Recounting military history, selected to go to France for training. (Contextually likely Ehud Barak based on known do...
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| Avraham | Commander |
Likely Avraham Arnan, founder of Sayeret Matkal; the narrator's superior who showed confidence in him.
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| Colonel Albert Merglen | French Commander |
Commander of the 11th Demi-brigade Parchutistes de Choc; visited Israel to observe training.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Sayeret Matkal |
Israeli special forces unit (referred to as 'the sayeret').
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| 11th Demi-brigade Parchutistes de Choc |
French airborne commando force.
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| El Al |
Airline flown by the narrator to Paris.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document stamp (investigative body).
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Timeline (3 events)
Early 1963
Visit by French Colonel Albert Merglen to the Sayeret Matkal unit.
Israel (near Lod Airport)
Locations (7)
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Home country of the narrator and the unit.
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Operational area ('north of the Golan').
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Location near a live-fire training area.
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Destination for training exchange.
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Location of the French base in the Pyrenees.
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Mountain range along the Spanish border.
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Arrival city for the narrator.
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Relationships (2)
Avraham showed confidence in the narrator, selected him for missions and training abroad.
Merglen observed Narrator's training exercise; Narrator attended Merglen's training course in France.
Key Quotes (3)
"He told me that he’d been relying on intuition."Source
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Quote #1
"Early in 1963, we hosted a visit to the unit by Colonel Albert Merglen..."Source
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Quote #2
"I’d never been outside Israel, at least legally. I had no passport."Source
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Quote #3
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