Israel’s protests to the West German Government against the work being done by German scientists in Egypt on the production of weapons of mass destruction, finally bore fruit here today, when Chancellor Ludwig Erhard ordered the Ministry of Interior to prevent such work by German scientists in “troubled areas.”
The complaints by Israel were voiced more than a year ago when it was divulged that scientists and technicians from this country were playing a leading role in the making of non conventional armaments in Egypt, intended for use against Israel.
In his order to the Interior Ministry today, Chancellor Erhard decreed that passport regulations be amended in such a way as to preclude the holding of valid passports by German citizens engaged in activities in “troubled areas” abroad connected with the making of mass-destruction weapons.
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