Israel, Romania Sign Provisional Agreement;
Trade Pact Is First With E. European Nation
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to the Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials
announced Wednesday provisional
agreement between Israel and Ito-
mania providing for trade and
other exchanges, the first such
agreement with an East European
country.
The formal agreement will he
signed in April when an Israeli
delegation will visit Bucharest.
The provisional pact was dis-
closed during the' departure from
Israel of a seven-man Romanian
delegation, led by Deputy Trade
Niinister Easly Routza, which was
in Israel for 10 days. The agree-
ment was negotiated by an Israeli
team led by Finance Minister Pin-
has Sapir.
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8—Friday, March 31, '1967
Purim Marred in Israel b y Rains, and Economics
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's stroyed flags, pennants and other
economic difficulties coupled with decorations.
unusually severe weather condi-
,f the negotiations. and he ex- foreign exchange.
It was indicated that Israel hopes tions seriously curtailed this year's
I iressed the hope that it ,would be
Purim celebrations with many out-
i inplemented promptly. The import- to improve further its relations with •door festivities canceled because
ance Israel attached to the agree- Eastern European countries by of an unseasonal snow in Jerusa-
seeking
similar
bilateral
agree-
ment was apparent from the stature
lem and extremely heavy and pro-
)f the members of the Israeli dele- ments with other East European longed rains in other parts of the
gation which, in addition to the states.
Observers said the successful country.
finance minister, included the direc-
The rains, which continued with-
tor general of the ministry of trade talks indicated again the independ-
and industry, the director of the ent status which Romania seems to out interruption for a second day,
economic division of the foreign have reached within the eastern flooded the open air facilities set
up in the cities' and completely de-
ministry and the comptroller of bloc.
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The agreement provides for ex-
changes in the fields of eco-
nomics, science, technology, tour-
ism and trade. The trade phase,
it was reported, provides mainly
for Israeli imports of farm prod-
ucts from Romania and sale of
industrials and chemicals to Ro-
mania. Israel also will export
technical know-how to Romania.
Routza said at Lydda Airport that
he was satisfied with the results
Herut Mavericks Form
Own Faction in Knesset
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three
former members of Ilerut, who
broke away from their party
several weeks ago, announced here
the formation of a "Free Bloc" for
independent faction inside the
Knesset, of which they are mem-
bers.
They are Shmuel Tamil- , E.
Shostak and A. Tayar. They an-
nounced the formation of the new
parliamentary bloc after Cabal—
the fusion of Ilerut and the Liberal
Party—refused to recognize them
as a third division inside Gahal.
The , action followed Gahal's
refusal to restore to the three
their parliamentary rights, in-
cluding, membership in parlia-
mentary committees, from which
Iierut expelled them six weeks
a go.
Gahal appointed a committee to
examine the possibility of the re-
storation of those rights to the
three members. But the three re-
fused to wait for that committee's
decision.
They also spurned proposals
which, they said, failed to give
them an equal footing with Herut
and Liberal members.
As a result of the formation of
the independent faction. Gahal
now left with 23 members, of
whom 12 belong to the Liberals
and 11 to Ilerut.
Tamir said after his group's an-
nouncement that the new faction
would seek a new parliamentary
lineup with the Liberals—if Gahal
should break up—or with Rafi, the
Israel Workers Party led by fer-
nier Premier David Ben-Gurion.
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