Israel Foreign Minister Golda Meir cabled condolences today to Secretary of State Christian A. Herter on the death of General of the Army George C. Marshall. Israelis recall, as the newspapers noted today, that Gen. Marshall was Secretary of State in 1948 when the United States gave recognition to the State of Israel.
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