Dean Heinrich Grueber, Berlin Evangelical churchman who testified for the prosecution in the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, said last night it was a “shame” that the West German Government continued to withhold diplomatic recognition of Israel.
Dean Grueber expressed that opinion in a discussion here of the significance of the Eichmann trial for Israel-West German relations. The issue of such diplomatic ties has emerged intermittently during the past several years. It is generally believed that the West German Government has refrained from acting to establish such ties with Israel out of fears that Arab countries would promptly extend diplomatic recognition to the East German regime in reprisal.
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