Despite the current tensions and strained relations between Washington and Jerusalem, the United States Embassy signed a contract this week-end for the construction of a 200-room embassy building here. The $100,000 building will be erected on fashionable Yarkon Street.
An Israeli radio and electronic exhibition has been cancelled because of American refusal to ship a model television station to Israel. The exhibition was intended to Demonstrate the progress in Israel and other countries, including the United States, in radio and electronics.
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