Dr. Franz Boehm, who resigned as chairman of the West German delegation to negotiate Israel’s reparations claims against Germany, has formally withdrawn his resignation and will head the German delegation when talks with Israel and the delegation representing Jewish organizations are resumed, it was announced today. Dr. Otto Kuester, deputy chairman of the delegation, has not been and will not be asked to withdraw his resignation, it was disclosed.
The two men had resigned in protest against the Government’s failure to proceed with a plan for satisfaction of the Israel claims and Dr. Boehm had charged the government with failure to show sincerity. Following submission of his resignation, Prof. Boehm had a long meeting with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who promised that new proposals to settle Israel’s claims would be forthcoming.
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