A third shipment of goods secured by Israel from the West German Government under the Israel-German reparations pact left Bremen today for Tel Aviv on the Israel freighter “Rimon.” It consisted of 800 tons of iron. Another shipment of 1,500 tons of iron and 500 tons of chemicals is scheduled to leave Hamburg next Monday on the Israel freighter “Gefen.”
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