U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson promised a delegation of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany which visited him last Friday that the American Government will continue to help find a solution to the German-Jewish reparations problem, it was reported here today by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, who headed the delegation.
Dr. Goldmann, who arrived here today to participate in the session of the Zionist Actions Committee which opens in Jerusalem Wednesday, told reporters that Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany, never did set a sum which Germany would be ready to pay as reparations to Israel and other Jewish communities, but he did declare that the reparations talks would be based on the claims presented by Israel and the representatives of Jewish groups in other countries.
Dr. Goldmann refused to reply to a question about whether he met with any Germans during the present interval in the negotiations. He said that the recess is temporary and added that “the ball is now in the hands of Germany.” Israel and the Conference, he stated, will make their final decision after Germany announces her stand.
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