POPE PAUL VI RECEIVES B'NAI B'RITH PRESIDENT: DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300350007-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 20, 1966
• Content Type: BULL

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JTA Daily News Bulletin
December 20, 1966
POPE PAUL VI RECEIVES BTNAI B'RITI-? PRESID~:NT;:DISCUSS HUNAN RIGHTS ?
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private audience fora 20-minute discussion of efforts by the United Nations and the Cat~oli~
Church to promote human rights and religious liberty. The delegation included B'nai B'xith
president William A. Wexler and maul Joftes, secretary-general of the organization's Inter-
national Council. The B'nai B'rith leaders will fly to ?pain'tornorrow for a meeting with
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, in Madrid.
~1 " ADER OF~B*NAx
3'RIT:~ IN PRIVA~E AUDIENCE TODAY.
T~;E PO;JTIFF TALICED FOR 20 riINUTES WxTH THE JE57ISii FRATERNITY?S
''PdT~RNATIONAL PRESIDENT DR. WILLIAM A. [JEX`LER OF SAVANNAH
~GA.a AND ITS SECREI'ARY~~ENE;~AL DR, SAUL E. JOFTES OF FALLSaCHURCH~
VA. .
' DR. JOFTES SAID THE'DISCUSSION DEALT WITH EFFORTS ON BEHALF
OF HUf?1AN RIGI(TS AND RELXGIOUS LILERTY 13Y TIC UNITED NATIONS AMID THE 1,
CHUB:CH. DR. WEXLr R HAD MET POPF, PAUL DURING THE PONTIFF'S VISIT
' TO THE UNITED NATIONS LAST YEAR.
DR. JOFTES SAID HE Ai3D DRe ti~7EXLER PLAN TO FLY TO SPAIN TOMORROW
FORA MEETING WITH GENERALISSIriO FRANCISCO FRANCOe ~ ~?
? ES 1211PES 12/19 ~?.
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