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Germany Reportedly Luring Scientists from Egypt with Higher Pay

October 20, 1964
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A growing number of West German scientists and technicians working on Egyptian weapons development and production aimed against Israel are leaving their jobs in that country, as a result of a campaign by the Bonn Government and other Western nations aimed at quietly luring the West Germans out of Egypt by offering high-paying jobs elsewhere, according to unconfirmed reports received here today from Cairo.

The reports said that two of about 10 German scientists involved in the Egyptian military rocket program have already left Egypt, with more to go soon. Some 120 engineers and skilled workers, comprising 60 percent of the personnel of a factory building aircraft fuselages, have reportedly given notice they will leave at the end of the year.

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