Dr. Felix Shinnar, head of the Israel Mission at Cologne, returned to his post today after three days of consultations with Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, and other high Foreign Office officials on current differences between West Germany and Egypt.
Dr. Shinnar took with him a message to the effect that it was West Germany’s duty to seek moral rehabilitation from its Nazi past and not a “balance” in its foreign policy. The message was interpreted here as a plea by Israel to the Bonn Government not to be influenced by Nasser’s blackmail threats that he will recognize East Germany if the Government of West Germany does not halt its aid to Israel.
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