The opinion that the present West German Government, headed by Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger, would be friendly to Israel, was expressed today by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, upon his arrival here following his visit to Bonn. He stressed that this is very important both with regard to reparations payments to Nazi victims in Israel and the problems connected with Israel’s talks for affiliation with the European Common Market.
Dr. Goldmann said that, as a result of his visit to Bonn and his talks with leaders of the West German Government, a decision was taken by the government not to make any cuts in the payments of reparations or indemnification in 1967. He reiterated that Chancellor Kiesinger had promised to fight any resurgence of neo-Nazism in West Germany.
(In Bonn, the Economics Ministry reported today that West Germany has paid out indemnities totaling four and a half billion marks ($1,125,000,000) to Israel, and 21 billion marks ($5,250,000,000) inside Germany. Israel’s share was almost half of the total of 10 billion marks paid in global indemnities, the report said.)
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