Daniel Frisch, president of the Zionist Organization of America, asked to comment on Mr. Ben Gurion’s speech, stated that "by no stretch of the imagination could the Israel Premier have had the Z.O.A. in mind." He said the Z.O.A. pursues a policy of mutual cooperation with the Israel Government, based on the premise of one not mixing in the internal affairs of the other.
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