Reuters reported from Tel Aviv today that an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman had announced that Dr. Shmouel Elyashiv, head of the Eastern European Section of the Ministry, is leaving this week for Moscow and other Eastern European capitals to inspect legations there and “tighten the friendly relations between Israel and the countries of Eastern Europe”.
But usually well-informed sources said that the object of Dr. Elyashiv’s mission is principally to assure Russia that there is no change in Israel’s strict neutrality in the struggle between East and West. It was also believed that he would attempt to obtain the lifting of the virtual ban imposed in Rumania and Hungary on the emigration of Jews to Israel, Routers added.
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