Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban appealed tonight to the President of the Geneva peace conference and the two co-chairman asking them to use all their influence in Damascus to obtain from Syria the release of the names of Israeli POWs. Eban addressed his letter to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrel Gromyko before leaving Geneva tonight for Israel. Eban has also raised this issue with Gromyko when the two met Friday night at the minister’s residence. The Israeli Foreign Minister called this morning on the president of the minister’s residence. The Israeli Foreign Minister called this morning on the president of the International Red Cross Committee, Roger Gallopin. Eban reiterated Israel’s demands for the Red Cross to renew its interventions in Syria. It is understood that the Red Cross president assured Eban that the International Red Cross has never slackened its interest in this issue.
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