Israel Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett this weekend bade farewell to Secretary of State Dean Acheson in a visit to the State Department. Mr. Sharett said that the purpose of his visit was also to introduce to the Secretary Israel Minister Plenipotentiary Theodore Kollek. It is believed that Minister Kollek is in the U.S. in connection with financial negotiations now in progress. Mr. Sharett, who will leave by air today for Tel Aviv, said that Secretary Acheson made only a “very general reference” to the Jerusalem situation.
Meanwhile, Moshe Keren, consellor of the Israel Embassy, called on George C. McGhee, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, with Miss Esther Herlitz, newly-appointed First Secretary of the Embassy. The former head of the North American Section of the Israel Foreign Ministry, she replaces Arthur C.A. Liverhant, who served here as a First Secretary for some time. Mr. Liverhant is returning to Israel.
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