Israel post office workers were engaged today in sorting out the contents of 500 sacks of mail addressed to residents of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, which the Jordanian postal authorities had turned over to the International Red Cross. The mail had been posted from all parts of the world prior to the June fighting and the addresses to which it had been directed were then part of Jordan.
In view of the flight of so many residents of the West Bank during the June fighting, it is doubtful whether much of this mail will ever reach the addressees. In any case, the Israeli postal workers are sorting the mail so that delivery can be made to all recipients who can be located.
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