An Arab country regarded as hostile to Israel has ordered 1000 Israeli-made color television sets for which it paid in advance in full knowledge of their place of origin, it was reported here yesterday. The Arab country was unnamed at the request of the manufacturer in order not to jeopardize similar transactions in the future.
According to the report in Maativ, the half million dollar deal was arranged by a London-based firm which has already received 200 of the sets for transshipment to the Arab importer. The latter agreed to the purchase on condition that all signs of Israeli origin be obliterated from the sets. The Israeli firm got the order because it offered the cheapest price.
Israel manufactures color television sets adaptable to the American, West European and East European systems. Israel does not have color television and the sets are mainly for export. But many Israelis purchase them in order to watch color broadcasts from neighboring countries.
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