Mrs. Golda Meir. Israeli Foreign Minister said today she would soon hold a “business meeting” with Soviet Ambassador Alexander Abramov at which one of the principal subjects was expected to be the growing anti-Israel campaign in Soviet newspapers.
Other topics considered likely to be on the agenda for the forthcoming “business meeting” included economic relations and a request for Soviet permission to elderly parents in Russia to join their children in Israel.
Israeli sources view the Soviet press campaign with deep concern. Mrs. Meir and the Soviet envoy met today, the first since the latter’s return to Israel this week. He had been recalled immediately after the start of the Sinai campaign in a Soviet indication of hostility. Shortly after his recall, the Soviets abruptly suspended a commercial agreement by which Israel had received substantial quantities of Russian crude oil.
(Jacob Tsur, Israel Ambassador to France, left Paris today for a two week private visit to Moscow where he will spend Passover with the family of Joseph Avidar, Israeli envoy to Russia. Mrs. Avidar is AmbassadorTsur’s sister.)
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