Asher Ben-Nathan, Israel’s first Ambassador to West Germany, and Dr. Rolf Lahr, state secretary at the West German Foreign Office, will head their respective delegations for negotiations for West German economic aid to Israel, it was announced here today.
The West German Government announced last week it had extended a “first credit” of $18,750,000 to Israel, and that negotiations on an economic agreement between the two countries would begin in January. A pledge to negotiate such an agreement was made by the West German Government last spring in talks leading to an exchange of diplomatic recognition between the two countries.
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