No change in the Soviet Union’s policies regarding the Middle East were expected here today as a result of the shake-up in the USSR Government, following the ouster of Nikita S. Khrushchev.
Official circles pointed out that the Kremlin turn-over came at a time when relations between the Soviet Union and Israel seemed to be improving. As examples of such improvements, they pointed to the recent pact between Israel and the Soviet Union, for Israel’s purchase of former Czarist property in this country, as well as the recent conclusion of a cultural pact between Israel and the Soviet Union, involving exchange visits by prominent musicians from the two countries. They also noted that an official of the Soviet Embassy here stated only last week that Moscow would welcome more technical and economic cooperation between the USSR and Israel.
On the other hand, it was noted that Moscow has been continuing its policy of backing the hostile Arab states in all phases of Arab propaganda against Israel, and has been supplying jets, tanks and modern artillery to both Egypt and Syria.
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