Malcolm Toon, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel who was appointed Ambassador to the Soviet Union, left here today for Moscow to take up his new post. The envoy was guest of honor at several receptions in which all of Israel’s Who’s Who and the diplomatic corps were present. In a chat with Premier Yitzhak Rabin, Toon was overheard saying: “I expect work in Moscow will be less intensive for me than it was here.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
