Alexander Knox Helm, British Minister to Israel, today formally presented his credentials to President Chain Weizmann in the Presidential office at Hakirya, seat of the Israeli Government.
The British diplomat was driven out to Hakirya in the President’s private car and was met by a guard of honor which he inspected after a military band played the British and Israeli national anthems.
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