Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrived here today from London for a three-day stay and will meet with President Charles De Gaulle tomorrow. Following the meeting, he will be the guest of Premier Debre at a dinner tendered in his honor.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Ben-Gurion will confer tomorrow with Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, who will arrive in the morning from Copenhagen, one of several cities she has been visiting on a European tour. Shimon Peres, deputy Defense Minister, Ambassador Eytan and other officials will take part in the conference. In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will meet with representatives of French, Jewish and Zionist organizations.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed today that France and Israel have decided to step up their program of cultural exchanges. A number of key recommendations to this effect were Franco-Israeli Mixed Cultural Committee. Among the committee’s recommendations, which are usually given automatic approval by both governments, was the establishment of a Professorship of Hebrew Language and Culture at the Sorbonne.
A lectureship in Hebrew Language and Culture will be established at Lille University and four readerships at the Universities of Rennes, Lyons, Toulouse and Montpellier. The committee also recommended increased scientific cooperation between the two countries and the creation of scholarships in this field. One particularly interesting recommendation was that Hebrew be admitted as an official language at the French baccalaureate, the school graduation examinations.
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