The trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi war criminal who directed the mass killing of 6, 000, 000 Jews in Europe, is unlikely to begin before April 1961, it was reported here today. It is estimated that the trial will cost the Israel Government 2,000,000 pounds ($1,120,000).
Early next year, the Government plans to register foreign correspondents intending to cover the trial, to assure proper courtroom facilities and ample hotel accommodations for the foreign press.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet empowered Minister of Justice Pinhas Rosen today to formulate an amendment to the Advocates Ordinance to permit non-Israeli attorneys to defend non-Israeli persons accused of certain crimes.
The amendment, which will be submitted for approval to the Knesset before the House adjourns for the summer recess, will enable Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, now awaiting trial in Israel, to obtain the services of Cologne attorney Robert Servatius as defense counsel.
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