One of the heroes of Israel’s War of Liberation, Gen. Yigal Allon, has held a 90-minute conference here with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and found the Indian leader “has full understanding of the problem” of the Middle East.
Gen. Allon said after the conference that “the talk was very, very useful.” He added that Prime Minister Nehru “desires Israel’s prosperity.”
In addition to seeing the Prime Minister, Gen. Allon conferred also with India’s Vice President, with the Defense Minister, and the Ministers of Agriculture, Transport, Community, and Development. He also exchanged views with the Chief of Staff of India’s Army, and with the country’s key political leaders.
“I found the Indian attitude to Israel very friendly,” Gen. Allon said. “The Indian intellectuals desire more information about Israel.”
One of the subjects discussed between Gen. Allon and the Prime Minister was Israel’s cooperative movement. Mr. Nehru, without alluding to Gen. Allon’s visit, referred to Israel’s cooperative movement in approving fashion, when he addressed a meeting of the National Building Council here today. Mr. Nehru recommended that India might eliminate the middle man in construction work, substituting a system of workers’ cooperatives like those in Israel.
One of India’s more sensational newspapers, “Blitz,” published in Bombay, speculated today that Gen. Allon’s visit to this country was planned “to pave the way for a visit to India by Israel’s Foreign Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir.”
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