A check for $30,812,500, the largest sum ever paid out by the Government of Israel in one day, was drawn here today to pay holders of Israel bonds falling due on May 2. The check was made out to the Chase Manhattan Bank, of New York, which acts as the Israel Bonds Corporation’s financial agent in the United States.
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