Prime Minister Levi Eshkol conferred here yesterday with United States Ambassador Walworth Barbour, and they were believed to have discussed the awaited reply from Mr. Eshkol to President Kennedy resulting from an exchange of letters between Mr. Kennedy and the Israel Government. Mr. Kennedy initiated the correspondence when David Ben-Gurion was still Prime Minister, and the exchange has continued since Mr. Eshkol succeeded Ben-Gurion following the latter’s resignation.
Mr. Eshkol also conferred today with Israel’s Ambassador to Washington, Avraham Harman, who is here for general consultations with the Government. The exchange with Mr. Kennedy was believed to have been one item of that talk. The contents of Mr. Kennedy’s communications to Israel, first to Mr. Ben-Gurion, then to Mr. Eshkol, and the replies thus far sent to the American chief executive, have not been disclosed.
Meanwhile, general foreign relations evaluations were proceeding on the highest governmental levels here. In addition to Mr. Harman, the major Israeli diplomats here now include Walter Eytan and Michael S. Comay, Ambassadors, respectively, to Paris and the United Nations. The principal Ambassadors are expected to attend next Sunday’s regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet.
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