Moscow’s violent attacks on the Israel Government and its leaders was seen here today as a prelude to the Soviet Union’s breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel.
The prediction was made by the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph who suggested that the break might come after the trial of the nine Soviet doctors arrested in a “terrorist” plot against the lives of top Soviet political and military leaders. The correspondent said he believed that the Soviet authorities would use the trial of the doctors as an excuse for the break which, he added, will not sit well with world public opinion. He pointed out that the same action was taken, in effect, by the Warsaw and Prague governments after the Prague trial.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph reported from Vienna that the Rumanian, Hungarian and Czech radio networks have” intensified their jamming of programs from Israel and Hebrew programs from the British Broadcasting Corporation beamed to Israel.
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