Alexander Abramov, Soviet Ambassador to Israel, returned here last night after an absence of five months. When newsmen at Lydda Airport asked Mr. Abramov about the possibility of families being reunited in Israel by the immigration of Jews from the USSR, he replied: “We will talk about this later.”
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