Yehudi Menuhin, the violin virtuoso, arrived here today for a series of concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. His first request was to visit Arab refugee camps. Mr. Menuhin, who has been active in groups abroad raising money for Arab refugee relief, said that Israel’s Six-Day War last June was waged in self-defense but the creation of new refugee camps was not one of Israel’s war aims.
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