The Israeli flag flew from the Pargue Hotel here today for the first time in Uruguayan History. The banner was hoisted in honor of the arrival, last night of Dr. Moises A. Toff, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Dr. Toff was greeted at the airport “by Sr. Fermin Carlos de Yeregui, Minister of Protocol, and Dr. Jacob Hazan, Israeli representative in Uruguay.
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