High-ranking U.S. military officers and attaches of many embassies attended a reception here honoring Brig. Gen. Chaim Laskov, hero of Sinal, who heads the Southern command of Israel’s defense forces. The reception was tendered at the Israel Embassy by Col. Katriel Salmon, chief Israeli military attache assigned to Washington.
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