Nine persons were arrested here last night, when 200 to 300 demonstrators staged a protest against a reception being given at the Sheraton Hotel here in honor of Dr. Konrad Adenauer, West Germany’s former chancellor now on a visit to Israel as a guest of the Government.
The reception was given by Dr. Rolf Pauls, Bonn’s Ambassador to Israel. The demonstrators massed outside the hotel but were kept from entering by mounted policemen wearing steel helmets and wielding clubs. One youth did manage to enter the hotel lounge, just before Dr. Adenauer arrived for the reception. The youth showered leaflets protesting Dr. Adenauer’s visit to Israel.
Inside the hotel ballroom, however, hundred of guests came to greet Dr. Adenauer who, despite his age, stood in the receiving line for three solid hours, greeting the invited guests who had turned out to honor him.
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