- Title: ISRAEL: WEST GERMANY'S FIRST DIPLOMAT IN ISRAEL ARRIVES.
- Date: 8th August 1965
- Summary: 1. SCU PAN DR. TOEROEK STEPS FROM PLANE (SECOND MAN OUT) 0.14 2. SCU DR. TOEROEK GREETED 0.23 3. CU DITTO 0.25 4. FULL CU DR. TOEROEK 0.30 5. CU TALKS WITH REPORTER. 0.36 6. SCU POLICEMAN 0.38 7. STV PAN TOEROEK WALKS OUT OF AIRPORT 0.44 Initials JRG/S/MR/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserv
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- Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA6VLXXE1WOCB43D0OIGG6PPVVA
- Story Text: A DIPLOMAT FROM WEST GERMANY, DR.ALEXANDER TOEROEK, IS IN ISRAEL TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR AN EMBASSY.HIS ARRIVAL YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) FOLLOWS THE RECENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES TO EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS.
HE SAID ON LANDING, HIS FIST TASK WOULD BE TO ARRANGE FOR THE HOUSING OF THE EMBASSY AND ITS STAFF.REPORTER AWAITED HIS ARRIVAL -- A QUIET ONE, AS STRICT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE IN FORCE TO PREVENT ANY SIGNS OF HOSTILITY SHOWING AGAIN.
(ACCORDING TO THE ISRAELI NEWSPAPER MAARIV, DR.TOEROEK SERVED ON THE HUNGARIAN EMBASSY STAFF IN BERLIN IN DURING THE NAZI PERSECUTION OF HUNGARIAN JEWS IN 1944.HE ENTERED THE WEST GERMAN DIPLOMATIC SERVICE IN 1950.HOWEVER, THE WEST GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE SAID CAREFUL INVESTIGATIONS SHOWED HE HAD NOT ADHERED TO OR SYMPATHIZED WITH THE NAZI PARTY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWISH PERSECUTION.
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