Within the framework of normal trade outside the German-Israel reparations pact, the West German Government has given its approval to the importation from Israel of $1, 700,000 worth of citrus fruit, of peanuts and peanut kernels worth $1,000,000 and of eggs worth $100,000. This is by far the largest authorization to date for the import of goods from the Jewish State. Payment will be half in German goods and half in foreign exchange, of which Germany has a large surplus.
The Israel Purchasing Mission here has established a register of Israel commercial and technical agents willing to represent German manufacturers and exporters in caring for complex machinery and optical instruments furnished to the Jewish State under the reparations pact with West Germany.
Such “service agents” may not, however, p###any part in the purchase of goods within the framework of the reparations agreement. Their role is limited to mechanical servicing after the machines have been delivered. Contracts between the German and Israel business partners must be submitted for approval to the Israel government agency charged with ordering and distributing reparations merchandise.
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