Joseph Luns, Dutch Foreign Minister, today asked the Dutch Ambassador to Cairo. Dr. William Koopmans, to make inquiries of the Egyptian Government about the arrest of Michael Zerner, 22, an Israeli citizen.
Zerner a fireman on the Dutch steamer, Raki, was arrested when the ship docked a Alexandria. He had been living in Holland and possessed a Dutch labor permit.
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