President Johnson’s recent disclosure that the United States and Israel will undertake joint researches for the use of nuclear power toward efforts to desalinate sea water reflects the “friendly atmosphere” of U. S. Israel relations as well as “America’s affirmative attitude toward Israel’s status in the scientific community,” Abba S. Eban, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, declared here today.
Mr. Eban made that statement at a press conference here this morning, a few hours after arriving for a month’s visit during which he will attend meetings of the United Nations Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development, and travel coast to coast to aid the nationwide 1964 United Jewish Appeal.
The Johnson statement, he said, must be viewed in two ways. The first, he declared, illustrates U.S.-Israeli friendship and trust in Israel’s scientific status. The second is “the practical aspect.” This, he noted, “involves translation of the will to join with us in researches into the scientific and technological fields. Implementation of the project will be discussed further by experts on those levels from both our countries. If a solution to the desalination of sea water is found through the employment of nuclear power, the results will be tremendous–not only for us and for the United States but, indeed, for the entire world.”
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