JEWISH LEADERS TALK WITH POPE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300350009-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 20, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
CPYRGHT
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1966
Jewish ea' ez's
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 13;
(AM-Pope Paul receive
two leaders of B'Nai B'Rithi
in private audience today.
The Pontiff talked for 201.
minutes with the Jewish i ra?',
.bIternity's interna.tibnal presi-;
)f'dent, Dr. William A. Wexicr
Iof Savannah, Ga.. and its see-;
rotary-general Dr. Saul E.
e-IJoftes of Falls Church, Va.
r'sf Joftes said the discussion
i-fdcatt with efforts on -behalf
s1 of human ri,hts end religious
!liberty by the United Nations
y and the Church. \Vexter had
met Pope Paul cat rin, th
s Pontiff's visit to the United
3lNalions last year.
WASHINGTON 'VENING STAR - Monday 19 December 66
CPYRGHT
2 Jewish t eciders
Confer With Pope
_Po e
Paul VI received two leaders o
B'nai B'rith in private audience
today.
The pontiff talked for 20 min-
utes with the Jewish fraterni.
ty's international president, Dr.
William A. Wexler of Savannah,
Ga., and its secretary-general,
Dr. Saul E. Joftes of Falls
Church, Va.
Dr. Joftes said the discussion
dealt with efforts io
and religus f lib-
human rights
erty by the United Nations and
the church. Dr. Wex er had met
t Pope Paul during the, visit to the United Nations last
year.
Dr. Joftes said he and Dr.
Wexler plan to fly to Spain to-
morrow for a meeting with Gen-.
eralissimo Francisco. Franco.
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