TELEGRAM OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL D. BENGURION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR I.V. STALIN

Stalin, Soviets and Israeli Question

TELEGRAM OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL D. BENGURION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR I.V. STALIN

November 5, 1948

I am happy to send, on behalf of the State of Israel and on my own behalf, the best congratulations on the occasion of the anniversary of the October Revolution, which ensured national equality for the peoples of the USSR, provided work and existence for all working people, paved the way for the social and cultural progress of the urban and rural masses, created a powerful Red Army, which fulfilled an immense task in the war against the Nazi-fascist danger.

Our people will never forget the assistance rendered by the USSR to the Jews - victims of Nazism, nor the loyal support of Israel and its struggle for the freedom and independence of their historical homeland. I wish the peoples of your country, who are carrying out post-war reconstruction, economic and cultural progress, peace, and general harmony.

Ben Gurion

Chairman of the Provisional Government of the State of Israel

AVP RF, f. 48z, op. 7a, p. 4, d. 4, 11.7

Translated From Russian; Svitlana M