- Title: ISRAEL: WEST GERMAN EMISSARY ARRIVES FOR TALKS ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
- Date: 18th March 1965
- Summary: 1. SV DR. BIRRENBACH DOWN STEPS OF PLANE 0.08 2. CU WALKING WITH MEN 0.13 3. CU TALKING WITH PEOPLE 0.19 4. SV WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA 0.24 5. SV DR. BIRRENBACH INSIDE ROOM, POLICEMAN IN DOORWAY 0.29 6. LV DITTO 0.34 7. SV DR. BIRRENBACH TAKING COAT 0.40 8. SV PAN WALKS AWAY 0.45 Initials AA/S/JH/SGM EDITORS
- Embargoed: 2nd April 1965 13:00
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- Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA6TZU5WCCVBZQF8DFPSHL3ZPZN
- Story Text: CHANCELLOR LUDWIG ERHARD'S EMISSARY, DR KURT BIRRENBACH, ARRIVED IN TEL AVIV LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) TO RESUME HIS TALKS ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN WEST GERMANY AND ISRAEL.
AT LYDDA AIRPORT DR. BIRRENBACH TOLD REPORTERS HE COULD MAKE NO STATEMENT BEFORE MEETING THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, MR LEVI ESHKOL. HE SAID THAT HE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN ISRAEL TWO OR THREE DAYS.
MR. ESHKOL TOLD THE KNESSETH (PARLIAMENT) ON TUESDAY THAT HE EXPECTED HERR BIRRENBACH TO COMPLETE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT STARTED A FORTNIGHT AGO. HE SAID THAT THE GERMAN EMISSARY WOULD DISCUSS THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS SURROUNDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. BOTH COUNTRIES HAD EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRES TO REACH A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
SECURITY MEASURES WERE TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT WHEN DR. BIRRENBACH ARRIVED BUT THERE WAS NOT ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS ARRIVAL SECRET.
(THE KNESSETH APPROVED THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATION WITH WEST GERMANY ON TUESDAY. THE VOTE WAS 66 FOR, 29 AGAINST, AND TEN ABSTENTIONS.)
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