The Earl of Dundee, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, led the British officials who attended an Israel 16th Independence Day celebration given by Ambassador and Mrs. Arthur Lourie here yesterday.
Others attending were Lt. Gen. Sir John Hackett, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Air Chief Marshall Elworthy, Air Force Chief of Staff; Patrick Gordon Walker, Parliamentary leader; members of foreign embassies as well as leading personalities in the world of politics, arts, letters and the Jewish community.
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