MR. HARRIMAN ARRIVING FOR THE DINNER AND BEING GREETED BY MRS. MEIR.




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Background: MR.AVERELL HARRIMAN, RECENTLY NOMINATED AS PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE, ARRIVED IN ISRAEL YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) TO HAVE A SERIES OF TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS.SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL HE WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT A DINNER GIVEN BY MRS.GOLDA MEIR, ISRAEL FOREIGN SECRETARY.

THE AGENDA FOR MR.HARRIMAN'S TALKS HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED, BUT IN A STATEMENT TO REPORTERS, HE SAID: "I COME TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF PROBLEMS THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO ALL.NOT LEAST AMONG THESE IS THE PROMOTION OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE NEAR EAST THROUGH THE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORTS OF ALL COUNTRIES IN THE AREA."
MR.HARRIMAN WAS DUE TO BEGIN HIS TALKS IN JERUSALEM TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH MR.LEVI ESHKOL, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER.