A representative of the semi-official French company for overseas works arrived here today to survey the project for a railway line to Elath, Israel’s port at the head of the Gulf of Akaba. Another French engineer is due here the end of the month to study the project for a new port on the Mediteranean at Ashdot Yam.
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