ABSTRACT
Soviet support of the Yishuv in its struggle for independence was not limited to the endorsement of partition in the international arena, but also took other forms of assistance. The Soviet press and radio left no room for doubt concerning the USSR's involvement in and commitment to the struggle of the Jewish people of Palestine in the "Palestine War". The issue of Jewish emigration from Romania was also brought up by Mapam representatives in their contacts with Soviet officials in Eastern Europe and in Israel. The Soviet bloc assistance to the Jewish side in the Palestine War was no less crucial than that of immigration. The USSR which was not supplying arms to any state whatever outside the Soviet bloc had no desire to appear before the world as a violator of a United Nation arms embargo and as an arms supplier to a party in an international conflict.
