The United States “enthusiastically welcomes” the resumption of the traditionally friendly relations between Argentina and Israel which were marred by the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, State Department officials commented today in connection with the joint Argentine-Israeli statement issued last week declaring the incident closed.
The American officials seemed particularly please by the fact that a section of the U. N. Security Council resolution referred to in the statement was introduced as an amendment to the draft resolution by the U.S. representative Henry Cabot Lodge.
Both countries have very friendly relations with the U.S. and the settling of the rift between them was therefore a very welcome development to Washington, a State Department spokesman said. The U.S. had hoped, the official added, that the Eichmann affair would be closed as far as Israeli-Argentine relations were concerned- with the conclusion of the Security Council debate. Consequently, there were misgivings in Washington when this proved not to be the case.
“It is now understood that ambassadors will be exchanged in the near future and the rift will be healed completely. This is a very satisfactory solution to all friends of both countries,” the State Department spokesman declared.
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