Leading United States Government officials, foreign diplomats, representatives of the press, radio, and television attended a farewell reception tendered by Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman in honor of Michael Arnon, head of the Israel Government Information Services in the United States, who is returning to Israel to assume duties as new director of the Israel Foreign Ministry’s Information Department.
Uri Raanan, Israel Consul in New York City and spokesman of the Israeli delegation during the last session of the United Nations General Assembly, has arrived in Washington to be in charge of press relations.
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