Moshe Sharett, former Israel Prime Minister who headed the Mapai delegation at the congress of the Socialist International in Hamburg, was received by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
The two leaders in a 30-minute informal meeting discussed Israel and Middle Last problems. They first became acquainted when the West Germa-Israel reparations pact was signed at Luxembourg on September 10, 1952.
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