J. Edward Sieff, shot Sunday night by an unidentified, hooded assailant, was able for the first time today to give a television interview. Speaking from his hospital bed he said he had no time or opportunity to observe his attacker, and next thing he knew after being shot was that he was in Middlesex Hospital. Asked whether the attack would make any difference to the activities of Zionists in this country he replied firmly: “Not at all, not at all.”
Asked whether it would make any difference to his Zionist activities, he replied: “Of course not.” It was stated by Sieff’s doctors that his life was saved by the miraculous fact that the bullet hit his teeth and met resistance. They also said that he may be home within a week or so. Sieff is president of Marks and Spencer, and an active and leading Zionist figure in Britain.
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