Conflicting reports on the reception accorded in Israel to the agreement reached between British oil firms and an Israel delegation reached here this week-end from Tel Aviv.
One report says that the results of the Anglo-Israel oil talks were received “with considerable dissatisfaction.” Leading Israel economists and leaders of the opposition parties claim that the Israel delegation failed to achieve a significant improvement in Israel’s oil supply.
On the other hand, the London Times correspondent in Tel Aviv emphasized that “the easing of Israel’s internal oil situation–a triple problem of finance, transport and international politics–will do something to help the Israel Government through its present economic difficulties.” The correspondent says that the rationing of gasoline which had been forecast in Israel for July may now not be necessary.
Revealing that British oil for the Haifa refineries will be shipped from “a South American sterling source,” the correspondent says the refineries will “be re-opened in Haifa in less than three months. This development, he reports, has given considerable satisfaction “to all but the extremists who prefer to see the Israel Government revoke the British concession and attempt to operate the Haifa oil refineries independently.”
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