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20 Knesset Members Will Visit West Germany; Confer with Top Leadership

February 17, 1969
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A delegation of 20members of the Israel Knesset (Parliament) representing all parties in the Israel Government will visit West Germany from March 17-28 and meet with top German leaders, it was announced here today. The delegation will be headed by David Hacohen, chairman of the Knesset foreign affairs committee. It will include an Arab MK. Meetings are scheduled with Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Bundestag (lower house) president Kai-Uwe Von Hassell, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt and Interior Minister Hans Benda. The Israeli delegation will also meet Mayor Klaus Schuetz of West Berlin and will visit the city council and the Jewish community there. They will visit Hamburg and Munich. An “Israel Week” in Stuttgart will coincide with their visit.

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