Israeli Ambassador Eliashiv Ben Horin was called to the Foreign Office today to hear of the Western German government’s “deep shock” at the shooting down of the Libyan airliner. The head of the political department of the Foreign Office, Guenther Van Well, said the government was “horrified at the extent of the consequences of this action.” He told Ben Horin the West German government was also “seriously concerned at the danger of the fronts in the Middle East hardening again and that present peace efforts could be jeopardized.”
Ben Horin was asked to provide the Bonn government as quickly as possible with full information on the fate of the passengers of the Libyan aircraft and on the details of the incident. The Libyan Ambassador in Bonn, Jalal Mohamed Dhagely, was also called to the Foreign Office, A spokesman said the government had expressed its sympathies to the Libyan envoy.
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