German freighters on the high seas with reparations cargoes for Israel have been instructed to return home or else proceed to other ports, because of the British Admiralty’s warning to freighters to avoid the Suez Canal and Middle East ports, it was learned in German maritime circles today.
Meanwhile, the Israel Purchasing Mission here denied a press report that German freighters which had been cleared for departure for Haifa were halted at Hamburg at the last minute and ordered to unload their cargoes. (For earlier developments in West Germany see Page 3.)
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