President Gustav Heinemann of the West German Federal Republic expressed hopes for a lasting peace in the Middle East in a letter to Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. Dr. Heinemann’s letter was in acknowledgment of an olive tree sapling the Jerusalem Mayor sent him last month as a gift. The German leader expressed the hope that after the terrible suffering caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict, solutions would be found that could offer assurances of a just and lasting peace, followed by conciliation between the present enemies. He observed that “the sapling, once it has taken root, will be a token of the progress in the relations between Federal Germany and the State of Israel.”
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