Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s Ambassador-Designate to the United States, told a farewell meeting here that, as ambassador, his major concerns would be Israel’s security, Israel’s economy and Israel’s links with the world’s largest Jewish community. He is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Feb. 18, after a holiday in Italy, France and Britain.
He told the Tel Aviv press club, which gave him the reception, that he could not speak freely since he was still in an “interim period — between the chair of the chief of staff and the armchair of an ambassador.” He did reply to a few questions, Asked how, as a military man. he felt about becoming a diplomat, he cited the remark of the great German military expert, Gen. Clause-witz, to the effect that war was a continuation of diplomacy with other means, adding that this evaluation also was “good the other way around.” He added that he was not thinking in terms of strategy as ambassador because that was a term to be used for enemy territory and he was going to a most friendly nation.
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