The nine-man Jewish delegation met with the Pope at his summer residence to discuss the Vatican attitude on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, its lack of diplomatic relations with Israel, the Pope’s meeting with Waldheim and improving communications between the Pope and Jewish leaders. Not all issues were resolved, but the way was cleared for the previously endangered September 11 meeting with Jewish leaders in Miami.
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