The State Department today gave Israeli President Chaim Weizmann permission to buy a four-engine transport plane for use on his trip to New York in April.
Weizmann certified to the State Department that the plane was for his personal fuse and that Israel now has no aircraft of that range and size. A spokesman for the Israeli Embassy said today that negotiations were under way for the purchase of a used C-54.
It was specified by the State Department that the plane may not be transferred or resold without American permission owing to the arms embargo still in force for the Middle East. The purchase authority represents the first granted the Israeli Government for aircraft acquisition here. After Weizmann’s April trip, the plane will be used by the El Al Aviation Company, Israeli Government airline.
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