Uruguay Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Shazar
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to
The Jewish News)
MONTEVIEDO— "Lasting friend-
ship" between Uruguay and Israel
was pledged here Wednesday by
Uruguayan President Alberto He-
ber at a special meeting of the
Cabinet, held in honor of Israel's
president, Zalman Shazar.
The Israeli president arrived
here Tuesday on the first leg of a
six-week Latin American tour that
will include state visits to Argen-
tina, Chile and Brazil. Shazar's
tour of Latin America is scheduled
to be followed by visits to Wash-
ington and New York, where he
will meet President Lyndon B.
Johnson and United Nations Secre-
tary-General, U Thant.
At the extraordinary session
of the Cabinet Wednesday Presi-
dent Heber also announced that
he and President Shazar would
sign an Israeli - Uruguayan agree.
ment for the sharing of infor-
mation concerning atomic en-
ergy for peaceful purposes.
Addressing the special meeting
of the Cabinet, President Heber
said "friendship between our two
countries is sincere and lasting.
Uruguay honors Israel for its cre-
ative pioneering, its faith in fra-
ternal relations and its devotion
to its ideals. My country has never
known religious or racial hatred
because our basic concepts are
foreign to such thinking."
In his reply to President Heber,
President Shazar told the Cabinet,
"Uruguay holds an honored place
among the nations that have sup-
ported Israel." As he did Tuesday
during the ceremonies at the air-
port, where he was received with
highest honors, Shazar referred to
the fact that Uruguay's delegation
to the United Nations was in the
forefront in supporting the 1947
UN resolution for the partition of
Palestine, and that Uruguay was
among the first governments in
the world to recognize Israel's in-
dependence in 1948. "I know and
I hope'.' said Shazar, "that our
friendship will be strengthened
still further."
After ceremonies in the Cabinet
chamber, Shazar and his party,
which includes his wife and five
Israel officials, went in a motor-
cade to the monument for Uru-
guay's national hero, Jose Artigas.
Thousands of persons crowded the
square facing the monument and
cheered after President Shazar
laid a wreath at the base of the
memorial.
Wednesday night, President
Heber gave a formal, state din-
ner in the presidential palace in
honor of the Israeli president.
Six hundred persons attended
the event, at which the food was
kosher in honor of the chief of
state of the Jewish state. Among
the guests were the cream of
Uruguayan leadership in poll-
-ties, the arts and the sciences
and diplomacy, as well as lead-
ers of the Uruguayan Jewish
community.
While the presidential dinner
was being held, another dinner
was given in honor of Mrs. Shazar
by President Heber's sister, Donna
Blanca Usher de Pons. The guests
at this event also numbered 600,
all of them leading women of this
country. Here, too, the food was
kosher.
The arrival of the Shazar party
at the Montevideo airport Tues-
day was one of the most colorful
events held here in a long time.
Stepping off his plane onto a red
carpet, Shazar was greeted for-
mally by President Heber, who
presented other members of the
official welcoming party, includ-
ing the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bruniera
Dekan, the papal nuncio in this
country. Others in the welcoming
group included virtually the entire
Cabinet, members of the diplo-
matic corps and leaders of the
Jewish community.
The airport, as well as the vis-
itors' gallery overl000king the field,
was decorated with the flags of
Israel and Uruguay. A 21-gun sa-
lute was fired as President Sha-
zar, accompanied by President
Heber, inspected a guard of honor
composed of full-dress uniformed
officers of the Uruguayan army,
marines and air corps.
President Heber thanked
President Shazar for honoring
Uruguay by making this coun-
try his first stop on his Latin
American tour. "Understanding,
friendship and peace are our
mutual aims," he declared.
"Your choice of Uruguay as the
first stop in Latin America was
correct because the Uruguayan
nation honors Israel and has al-
ways supported it. Both of our
lands are bound by our common
love of liberty, democracy,
freedom, peace, progress, re-
spect for international rights and
peace among nations."
Responding, President Shazar
said, "Uruguayans have a special
place in the hearts of our people.
For, in the darkest hours, your
land championed the cause of the
independence of Israel, and la-
bored to insure it."
"Our choice of Uruguay as our
first st6p in this continent was not
accidental. It is in recognition of
your support. Our people will
never forget you."
A military band played the na-
tional anthems of Uruguay and
Israel, as the presidential party
walked slowly toward a portion
of the ramp set aside for 200 auto-
mobiles that formed a cavalcade
for the trip into the city. Raising
his eyes to the hundreds of per-
sons crowding the visitors' bal-
cony, President Shazar shouted to
them in Hebrew "Greetings—Jews
of Uruguay."
All traffic on the city's main
arteries was halted as the caval-
cade made its way slowly to city
hall. The municipal headquarters
and the streets were also deco-
rated with the flags of the two
countries, and thousands jammed
the sidewalks along the entire
route, cheering the Israeli visitors.
In front of city hall Shazar was
greeted by a choir made up of
Jewish school children singing
Israeli songs.
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affairs committee of the Board of
On an important domestic issue,
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Aden regarding the future position between the United Synagogue and
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