Informed sources here said today that the scheduled first meeting between Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and Asher Ben-Nathan, the Israeli Ambassador, would not be held before the West German Parliamentary elections, next week.
The Israeli envoy meanwhile continued his visits to West German officials and institutions. He met today with Ludwig Rosenberg, head of the West German Trade Union, which has 6,000,000 members. Previously he met for an hour with A. Westrick, West German Minister for Special Affairs, who is considered Chancellor Erhard’s special political adviser.
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