Israel expects to receive within the next few days $16,000,000 of a $20,000,000 American grant-in-aid for the year ending June 30, it was reported reliably today.
It was also reported that four to five million dollars worth of surplus agricultural products also were expected before the end of the year. Both grants in aid and agricultural surplus supplies to Israel were suspended when the Sinai campaign was hunched.
James P. Richards, the special ambassador for the Eisenhower Doctrine, will arrive in Israel May 5, it was officially announced.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
