Dr. Rodolfo Garcia Arias, Argentine Ambassador to Israel. left for Buenos Aires today. He has been summoned home for consultation on the case of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi specialist in the mass murder of Jews, who is in an Israel Mail awaiting trial as a war criminal, after being captured in Argentina.
Prior to his departure. Dr. Arias conferred with high officials of the Israel Foreign Ministry. At the airport at Lydda he told reporters: “The difficult situation that has arisen over Eichmann brought about my leaving for Buenos Aires. ” However, he was believed here to be indicating that he has not been recalled, and that he expects to return, when he pointedly said “Au Revoir” to the farewell party at the airport. These include not only his wife, but also representatives of the Foreign Ministry.
Mrs. Arias returned to her home here, which is being guarded by Israel police. The Argentine Embassy, too, is under special guard since an anonymous telephone call was received by police authorities Friday, warning that bombs had been placed at the Embassy as well as at the Arias home, A police official said a search of both places had revealed no explosives. “However, ” he added, “we must take all precautionary measures even though we are convinced that the bomb scare telephone call was done as a hoax. “
The latest special effort by Israel to case the strained Argentine- Israel relations was made this week-end through a personal letter from Mr. Ben-Gurion to Argentine President Arturo Frondizi. The Prime Minister’s letter was described as “friendly.” It contained a description of Eichmann’s key role in the extermination of European Jewry. The Prime Minister stressed the “symbolic significance” of the fact that members of the Jewish people had found and captured Eichmann. Mr. ” Ben-Gurion urged President Frondizi to give special consideration to the unprecedented circumstances of the case.
Conceding that the volunteers who captured Eichmann in Argentina have committed a “formal violation of Argentine laws, ” Mr, Ben-Gurion wrote to Dr. Frondizi; “This event cannot be judged only from a formal point of view. The obligation of all countries to scrupulously respect the laws of others is beyond any doubt. But neither can be ignored the supreme motivations that have guided, the imperative moral force that has pushed, and the deepness of the feelings that pressed those who found Eichmann and. with his consent, brought him to trial, “
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