The United States position on the activities of German nuclear scientists in Egypt was criticized in a speech on the House floor today by Rep. Seymour Halpern, New York Republican.
Rep. Halpern charged that “the State Department has so far merely sought to minimize, excuse, and justify the notorious German role in Egypt.” He said that “the appalling thing to me is the condoning of the work of ex-Nazi rocket scientists and other Germans in Egypt by our Government through its ‘whitewash’ of West Germany in this connection.”
He stressed that “if West Germany is truly devoted to freedom and is a trustworthy partner of America, it behooves our Government to intercede.” He said “civilization can certainly expect” responsible German conduct “in the light of the German allegations that they regret the barbarism of the Nazi era.”
(The National Executive Committee of Farband-Labor Zionist Order, unanimously decided today to address an urgent appeal to President John F. Kennedy to exert “strong pressure” on the Federal Republic of West Germany and on the government of Egypt to halt the activities of German scientists and technicians in Cairo who, according to recent revelations, are engaged “in the production of nuclear, chemical and germ warfare devices aimed at Israel’s destruction.”)
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