Hundreds of Russian workers and students demonstrated today in front of the Israel Embassy in Moscow shouting anti-Israel slogans, the Moscow radio reported. The demonstration, which lasted two hours, was the first of its kind in the Soviet capital in 20 years. Pickets carried anti-Israel placards reading “Down with Aggression in Egypt” and “Hands Off Egypt.”
At the same time, it was announced in Moscow that Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin had addressed a message to President Eisenhower urging joint American-Soviet “resolute action,” backed by the United Nations, against Israel, Britain and France. It was also announced that Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov had promised military aid to the Arab countries.
(In Washington, it was stated that President Eisenhower will reject Soviet Premier Bulganin’s proposal that the U. S. and Russia pool efforts to end the Middle East fighting The White House said today that the USSR is obliged to withdraw from Hungary before proposing joint U. S. Soviet action to settle the Middle East crisis.)
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