The reception of the Israeli envoy to Czechoslovakia Ehud Ueberall by President Klement Gottwald, was featured by all week-end newspapers here.
The newspaper stories stressed the historic significance of the occasion and the fact that, for the first time, the Hatikvah was sung in the palace. Editorial comment expressed satisfaction that Ueberall spoke Czech during the ceremony.
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