Israeli President Dr. Chaim Weizmann and his official entourage–including an aide-de-camp and a chauffeur–arrived here this evening from Tel Aviv en route to the United States.
The Presidential party left Lydda Airport this morning in an Air France plane after the President’s personal plane–the “Rehovoth,” a DC-4 Douglas recently purchased in the United States–developed engine trouble. At Lydda, the Presidential party was bade farewell by members of the diplomatic corps and government officials.
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