Israel Ambassador Abba Eban today discussed Israel and Near Eastern questions in a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State George C. McGhee which lasted over an hour. In response to a question, Ambassador Eban said plans were going forward on the Israel bond issue.
Israel Minister of Agriculture Pinchas Lavon is conferring here with government officials on the question of food supplies and the purchase of farm equipment under provisions of the new agricultural credit of $35,000,000 granted to the Jewish state recently by the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
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