Considerable importance was attached by political sources here today to a 30-minute private talk between Prime Minister Nehru and Gideon Rafael, the deputy director of the Israel Foreign Ministry.
Mr. Rafael is attending a World Health Organization meeting here and is the only delegate to whom the Prime Minister has granted a private audience so far. The interview was considered significant because of plans of the Arab League to open an office in New Delhi. The Israel Foreign Ministry had expressed his concern about the plan to the External Affairs Ministry of India.
Mr. Rafael said he and the Prime Minister had discussed international affairs and matters of interest to both countries. He also met separately with Mrs. Lakshimi Menon, the Indian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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