The release of Mordecai Oren, Israeli citizen and Mapam leader imprisoned in Prague on charges of espionage and anti-state activities, is imminent, Menahem Bader, member of the left-wing Mapam central committee, said today.
Mr. Bader, who has just returned from a trip to Prague, said that the release of a British and an Italian national convicted of espionage in Hungary, had increased hopes fro Mr. Oren’s release.
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