Memoir excerpt describing early 1960s Sayeret Matkal training exchange with French airborne unit

Memoir excerpt describing early 1960s Sayeret Matkal training exchange with French airborne unit The passage provides personal recollections of a 1963 military exchange between Israeli special forces and a French colonel. It mentions no current officials, financial transactions, or wrongdoing, offering limited investigative value beyond historical context. Key insights: Avraham (likely Avraham Arnan) selected the narrator for early Sayeret Matkal operations.; Colonel Albert Merglen of the French 11th Parachute Shock Brigade visited the unit in 1963.; A training exchange was arranged, sending an Israeli officer to a French counter‑guerrilla course.