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Schindler to Confer with Sadat

January 9, 1978
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Rabbi Alexander Schindler, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, left here today for Cairo to confer with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. He told reporters at Ben Gurion Airport that Premier Menachem Begin had asked him to meet with Sadat. Schindler also said that Ashraf Ghorbal, the Egyptian Ambassador to the United States, had previously invited him to visit Egypt to strengthen ties between the Jewish and Egyptian people.

The American Jewish leader, accompanied by his wife, flew to Athens from where they will continue to Cairo. The meeting with Sadat is to take place in Aswan Tuesday and Wednesday. The Schindlers will spend four days in Egypt and return at the end of the week to Israel. Schindler will report on his talks with Sadat to Begin.

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