Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Department advisor on the United Nations, said today that he expects approval of Israe1’s application for membership in the U.N. He qualified the prediction by adding that Israel’s acceptance might be delayed only if some very unexpected event occurs between now and the final vote.
Meanwhile, an Israeli embassy spokesman announced the purchase of a long### DC-4 plane from the United States “by Israel, The four-engine Douglas aircraft will be used by Israeli President Chain Weizmann.
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