The first cargo of goods bound for Israel to pass unmolested through the Suez Canal arrived here yesterday.
The cargo consisted of a shipload of beans from Abyssinia valued at 89,000 pounds. The vessel which carried it was the Italian freighter Isola di Caprera. The shipment was clearly entered on the ship’s manifest, which was inspected by the Egyptian authorities.
(In London the report of the arrival of the Isola di Caprera was featured prominently in most papers with such headlines as: “Egypt Allows Israel-Bound Vessel Through Suez Canal.”)
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