Two representatives of the International Red Cross visited the six Israeli crewmen of the fishing trawler Doron, who have been imprisoned in Egypt since that Israeli vessel was seized by the Egyptians September 25. The Red Cross representatives found the sailors in good health and gave them some medical supplies, according to an announcement by the Red Cross office here.
The visit took place November 5 at a military camp at Abaffieh, a suburb of Cairo.Tose who saw the Israelis are David Detraz, a general delegate of the International Red Cross to the Middle East; and E. E. Muller, Red Cross delegate in Egypt.
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