The World - News from June 21, 1988
The United States, reaffirming a sharp difference of opinion with Israel, said emigrating Soviet Jews should be free to settle where they want. Responding to an Israeli government decision Sunday to seek to ensure that Jews who leave the Soviet Union settle in Israel, State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said: “Our position . . . remains one of firm support for the principle of freedom of movement and freedom of choice.” Political sources said Israel plans to hold talks with the Soviet Union and Romania to try to make certain that departing Soviet Jews fly to Israel through Bucharest rather than Vienna, where most choose to board flights to the United States.
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