A Free Democratic member of West Germany’s Parliament criticized the Government today for giving aid to Israel, a state which “of its own free will” has endorsed the Oder-Niesse line as the permanent boundary between Germany and Poland. The criticism was made by Joseph Ertl in the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament, who said it was “inexplicable” that Israel should receive economic aid.
Dr. Karl Carstens, State Secretary at the Foreign Office, replied that the Government gave economic aid without political conditions. He added, however, that he expected from states receiving such aid “understanding for Germany’s particular position.”
Meanwhile, President Heinrich Luebke received today former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who described his visit earlier this month to Israel.
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