“Communism has never made any progress in Israel, “Edward B. Lawson, retiring U.S. Ambassador to Israel, told news reporters today upon landing here. He arrived on the SS Constitution, after completing four years of service in Israel.
Mr. Law son pointed out that the Israelis are more immediately concerned with the threat of Nasserism than communism. He said in Israel “the watch Nasser rather than Khrushchev. “He lauded Israel’s progress in development. He said there had been very definitely an improvement in agricultural production, both is methods and results.”
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