Dr. S. Levenberg, Jewish Agency representative in London, today suggested that Jewish leaders should await further developments in the Soviet Union before taking action on recent anti-Jewish developments in Eastern Europe, although he also warned against expecting sudden shifts in Soviet policy more favorable to Zionism.
Commenting on the succession of Georgi M. Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union, Dr. Levenberg said that it would be reasonable to assume that the present Soviet line on the Jewish problem had been framed over a number of years and it had the support of those persons now responsible for Soviet policy. He stressed, however, that it was important to give the Russian leaders an opportunity to have “second thoughts about anti-Semitism.”
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