For the first time since the detention September 25 of six crewmen aboard the Israeli fishing trawler Doron, letters from the men have been received by their relatives. The letters say only that the men are well.
The Egyptian authorities continue to resist all representations by the International Red Cross Committee to permit one of its delegates to visit the men.
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