Evening star., 1948-11-06
beacons in Israel turned on anc
only II the weather Is bad.

DcACOnS IN 1Srael turned on and
only If the weather Is bad.
Planes of the Israel air transport
command, Mr.. x says, land usually
between and 5 In the. morning,
using their own lights for getting
down.
Once they have landed in Israel,
they 60 Immediately to a hotel
where big meal Is awaiting.
I'VE used to get all kinds Of the
best food and drink when we came
of duty" Mr.. X says.
Then they are driven to bar
racks not far from the field and
taken the next day to designated
hotels in Tel-Aviv, always closely
watched by air force security police
Denied Women Companions.
A Russian known as "Bennie,
the head Of air force security, for
bids air crews to mingle with
women companions except on the
most casual basis.
1t was "Bennie," incidentally, who
is quoted by Mr.. x in the document
in the hands OF the U. N. as say
ing at an air force briefing in Israeli
early in August:
The world is too small for any
body who double crosses the Jews.
"If that guy Count Folke Berna-
dotte, U. N. mediator assassinated
by the Stern gang on September
19 sticks his nose too deeply into
our business, we will take care Of
him"
Mr.. x alleges that Ramat David
is the main supply line base In
Israel.
This field, he says. has nearby
underground hangers as we'll as
planes skillfully parked under CAM
outage.
Has Two Consultations.
The Israeli air forces three Bills
are kept at Ramat David. he says.
1t is in this area, Mr.. x says, that
paratroops receive extra training in
a supplement to paratroop schools
Somewhere in Russia"
One important Intermediary air
field on the route from Czechosle-
vakia to Israel is Krusebo, in Yugo-
slavia, near the Albanian border,
with Split designated as an alter
nate.
Each pilot on the supply run
makes about two flights weekly.
Daily cargo loads brought into
Israel from Czechoslovakia average
25, 900 pounds. Mr.. X says. Each
week there are two flights Of the
largest planes used by the Israelis,
two Skymasters and two Constella-
tons.
On the average, a total of 10000
pounds of cargo reaches Israel
weekly by air.
Mr.. X says he himself has flown
Curtis Commando planes carrying
disassembled Messerschmitt fighter
planes from Czechoslovakia. The
Curtis Commando Is a -motored
job called the Gas.
Many Russians Working.
American mechanics predominant
in the Israeli air force, but many"
Russians are working as mechanics,
according to Mr.. X.
The story of this deserter, as re-
leased yesterday by Mr.. Metz and
myself after three weeks of extern
sive backtracking, has created moth
ing less than q sensation at the
United Nations.
A British spokesman at the Palais
de Chaillot today admitted clearly
that the British. on their own hook.
had submitted to DR.. Bunche a doc
ument about the Czechoslovak-
Israel supply line almost month
ago.
The issue was not pressed, how
ever, and the British requested the
document to be kept strictly conf
Dental.
1t seems apparent that the main
reason the British did not want
definitive action at the moment
was the understandable feeling that
any information coming from Brit
ish sources would Immediately be
labeled propaganda and thus would
tend to hurt the case.
The willingness of Mr.. x to talk
tore the lid of the whole story and
brought it out into the open.
When all he and other deserters
have said has been screened and
examined, both by the United Ma
tions and by intelligence agents Of
the three Western powers, 1t is GER
tain to lead down some extremely
interesting trails.