WEST GERMANY: NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ARRIVES AT BONN AND PLEDGES TO WORK TO HEAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GERMANY.

Record ID: 399471

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ARRIVES AT BONN AND PLEDGES TO WORK TO HEAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GERMANY.
  • Date: 16th August 1965
  • Summary: 1. LV AIRCRAFT 0.04 2. LV CROWD 0.06 3. LV AMBASSADOR AND WIFE OFF AIRCRAFT 0.17 4. CU AMBASSADOR 0.22 5. CU AMBASSADOR AND WIFE ACROSS TARMAC 0.26 6. MS CAMERAMEN 0.28 7. MS SOUND INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH 1.32 TRANSCRIPT: BEN NATHAN: "I'M LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS POST OF MINE, AND I'M FULLY CONSCIOUS OF ITS IMPORT
  • Embargoed: 31st August 1965 13:00
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  • Location: BONN, WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA45BLLQCX50TMGVEORG6M8DACI
  • Story Text: ISRAEL'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO WEST GERMANY SINCE WORLD WAR TWO, MR.ASHER BEN-NATHAN, ARRIVED IN BONN TODAY (MONDAY) WITH A PLEDGE TO WORK TO HEAL WHAT HE TERMED 'THE WOUNDS OF THE PAST'
    TIGHT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN FOR MR.BEN-NATHAN'S ARRIVAL AT BONN AIRPORT.ARMED POLICE GUARDED ALL ENTRANCES TO THE AIRPORT AND ALL VISITORS WERE CAREFULLY SCREENED.

    MR.BEN-NATHAN, AGED 44, SAID ISRAEL WOULD NOT FORGET THE PAST, BUT HE HOPED THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN WEST GERMANY AND ISRAEL WOULD ENSURE THAT THE EVENTS OF 25 YEARS AGO WERE NOT REPEATED.

    AT THE AIRPORT, MR.BEN-NATHAN MADE STATEMENTS TO NEWSMEN IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN.

    HIS APPOINTMENT FOLLOWED A DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL WRANGLE WHICH LED TO TEN ARAB COUNTRIES - WHICH DO NOT RECOGNISE ISRAEL -- SEVERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH WEST GERMANY.

    A WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAID TODAY WEST GERMANY HOPED MR.BEN-NATHAN'S ARRIVAL IN BONN WOULD MEAN A FURTHER STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING NORMAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
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