President Salvador Allende of Chile has accepted an invitation to visit Israel some time during 1972. It was announced here today. The invitation was extended by President Zalman Shazar and its acceptance was conveyed to Shazar by Carlos Diemer Johansen, Chilean Ambassador Israel. The visit will have more than usual political significance inasmuch as Allende is an avowed Marxist who was elected to office with Communist and other leftist support. Nonetheless, he has frequently expressed good will toward Israel and Jews generally.
At his inauguration last year, Allende received Naftali Feder, political secretary of Israel’s Mapam Party, and on the occasion of the Jewish New Year last month, he extended his greetings to the Jewish community in Chile and to Israel. Some sections of the Jewish community in Chile and abroad have expressed anxiety over the future of Chilean Jews and have urged them to emigrate to Israel. While there has been no hint of anti-Semitism in the Al
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