Prime Minister David Ben Gurion was informed this morning about the suicide of Col. Nehemia Argov, his military aide and close friend who killed himself Sunday morning after his car had hit and seriously injured a cyclist.
Doctors at Hadassah Hospital, where the Premier is recovering from wounds suffered in the hand grenade bombing of the Knesset last week refused to allow officials to tell Mr. Ben Gurion about the suicide immediately. The Prime Minister had suffered a post-operational relapse Sunday morning.
The news was conveyed to the Prime Minister by Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan in the presence of Mrs. Ben Gurion. Theodore Kollek, director general of the Premier’s office Shimon Peress, director general of the Ministry of Defense, and Yitzhak Navon, the Premier’s civilian aide who was recalled from a South American speaking tour.
Sir Winston Church ill sent a message to Mr. Ben Gurion through the Israel Embassy in London expressing his gratification over the news that all the Israel cabinet members wounded in last week’s assassination attempt were making a good recovery.
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