The Soviet radio, in an Arabic-language broadcast beamed to the Near East, categorically denied today that Jewish emigration to Israel would be permitted from the Soviet Union. The Soviet commentator called reports that Soviet Jews would be permitted exit to Israel “fabricated news…inspired by colonialist circles which aim at implanting the seeds of doubt and distrust of Soviet policy among the Arabs.”
The broadcaster asserted that there had been no change in the policy of “sincere friendship followed by the Soviet Union toward the Arabs.” He declared that “it must be understood by all that the principles of Soviet foreign policy are unchanged and that this policy has always aimed at supporting fully the Arab people.”
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