Former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will leave tomorrow for an eight-day visit to Israel. He will be accompanied by Israeli Ambassador Asher Ben-Nathan to Frankfurt, where the former Chancellor will board an El Al plane for Tel Aviv. Many West German journalists will accompany Dr. Adenauer to cover the visit. West German Television is sending a special crew to film Dr. Adenauer’s visit and will prepare a special program for West German television audiences.
The current issue of neo-Nazi National-Und-Soldaten Zeitung denounces former Chancellor Adenauer’s “secret treaty with Israel” and the payment in restitution funds of “2, 000 million from the pockets of the German taxpayer.” The newspaper, which has been widely and severely criticized in West Germany tries to give the impression that West German payments to Israel were “gratuitous presents” and is violently opposed to any West German aid to Israel in the future.
At a mass meeting in Bremen of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party, vice-chairman Adolf Von Thadden criticized Chancellor Ludwig Erhard for supporting West German aid to Israel, accused the United States of allowing Communism to triumph in Asia and assailed the Social Democratic Party. As the speech proceeded, the booing and applauding became so loud that the neo-Nazi could not be heard. When fighting broke out between the younger and older listeners, police were called.
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