New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller arrived here this afternoon in his private jet plane for a four-day visit of Israel. He told newsmen at Lydda Airport that he brought a letter of friendship and good will from President Nixon to Premier Golda Meir. The letter will be delivered to the Prime Minister when Rockefeller meets with her tomorrow in Jerusalem after a tour of Sinai as guest of the Israeli Army.
Rockefeller was due in Israel during the recent Zionist Organization of America convention but had to postpone the visit because of a family mourning. Rockefeller’s private visit began here with a dinner at which Foreign Minister Abba Eban was his host. He is accompanied by New York State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz and Samuel Hausman, honorary chairman of the Greater New York United Jewish Appeal.
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