Brigadier General David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, who left Israel tonight, predicted that within five years television service will exist between Israel and the United States.
Gen. Sarnoff spoke at a special ceremony in his honor held at the Weizmann Institute of Science to which he was elected an honorary member. Scholars and high government officials attended the ceremony at which Gen. Sarnoff delivered an address on inter-planetary communication. He said he was greatly impressed by scientific progress in Israel.
Later, at a press conference at the Ministry of Communications in Jerusalem, Gen. Sarnoff expressed the opinion that four strategically placed television stations could blanket Israel well enough to establish television contact among all points in the country. Communications Minister David Zvi Pinkas, who introduced the General at the conference, told newsmen that the new government broadcasting center will be dedicated to Gen. Sarnoff.
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