West Germany has no present plans for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the State of Israel, it was asserted here today by the West German Government. “There are neither plans nor preparations for the exchange of diplomatic representatives with Israel,” and official statement issued by the Federal Press Information Service said. The statement was a denial of a Social Democratic Press Service report that the appointment of a West German Ambassador to Israel was imminent.
While many highly placed officials here would welcome a normalization of relations with the Jewish State and have maintained, in the main, a pro-Israel attitude, changes in Germany’s international status and the domestic political climate are now beginning to affect this question. One of the two widest read daily newspapers in this country, “Die Welt,” commenting on the issue, stated that reports that “Bonn governmental circles” are considering the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel are “out of the question at the present time, if only in deference to Cairo.”
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