Secretary of State William P. Rogers has sworn in Kenneth B. Keating as the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel, saying that relations between the U.S. and Israel have never been better. Rogers made the comment, State Department spokesmen said, at what he called “a significant time” in the Middle East as he swore in the former New York Senator, judge and Ambassador to India, in a ceremony in his private office. Newsmen were not invited.
Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz and the previous U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Walworth Barbour, were present as Keating said he would dedicate himself to “maintaining the excellent relations” between the two countries. Both Keating and Rogers pointed out that yesterday was the third anniversary of the U.S.-sponsored cease-fire between Israel and Egypt.
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