Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman helded a one- hour meeting with Secretary of State Dear. Rusk here. This was his first business meeting with Secretary Rusk since Mr. Johnson assumed the Presidency.
Mr. Harman recently returned from brief consultations with his Government in Jerusalem. It is understood that his meeting with Secretary Rusk was devoted to a review of the current Middle East situation. Mr. Harman presumably conveyed to the Secretary the views of the Israel Government on recent developments in the area. The ambassador was accompanied by Minister Mordecai Gazit and Counselor Shaul Bar-Haim.
Walter Cedwick, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of American States, is leaving for Israel this week for consultations on the expansion of technical cooperation between Israel and Latin America. Mr. Cedwick is scheduled to confer with Israel’s Foreign Minister Golda Meir, Deputy Prime Minister Abba Eban and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, as well as with top officials of the Foreign Ministry.
It is understood that the main subject of the discussion will be the extension and possible increase in the number of scholarships and courses Israel is providing for Latin American countries in the framework of an agreement between the Foreign Ministry’s International Cooperation Department and the Organization of American States.
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