Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, today urged Jewish communities, organizations and individuals all over the world to “rally to help the international agencies” providing relief to the stricken civilian population of Biafra, the breakaway eastern province of Nigeria.
In a statement issued here today, Dr. Goldmann deplored “the unspeakable horrors which have disfigured the conflict over Biafra,” and urged the protagonists “to transfer the conflict from the battlefield to the conference table and seek a peaceful solution to their difficulties.” Dr. Goldmann said the WJCongress “supported wholeheartedly the African statesmen who, in the service of both humanity and African unity, have striven…for a cease-fire so that succor can be brought to the defenseless victims of the war.”
(Food and medical supplies collected by the Israeli chapters of the Lions, Rotary Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be flown to Biafra Thursday by Abie Nathan, a Tel Aviv restauranteur and Israel’s self-styled peace-pilot. Mr. Nathan, who drew international attention when he flew a light plane to Egypt two years ago in private effort to “negotiate” with President Nasser, will be accompanied on his flight to Biafra by a group of priests.)
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