Israel Ambassador Abba Eban called on Christian A. Herter, Under Secretary of State, today in an effort to speed up resumption of U. S. Government economic aid to Israel.
The aid program has been suspended since hostilities erupted late last October.
Eban said he discussed the Middle East situation generally and also tried to “accelerate” progress on aid resumption. So far, negotiations have been on a lower official level. Today Eban said he found no obstacle to resuming aid. This was taken to indicate that the matter might now be considered at higher levels.
Tomorrow, Eban said, he will call on the head of the U.S. Export-Import bank to discuss Israel’s long-pending application for a $75,000,000 for development of water resources. A decision on this application has been held up since the outbreak of hostilities in the Sinai Peninsula.
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