Dr. Gregory Katz, the Soviet Jewish dentist who landed here unintentionally with his wife and 18-month-old son yesterday because of Soviet red tape, left with them for Israel this afternoon. Dr. Katz, a 30-year-old Muscovite who speaks Yiddish as well as Russian, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency before his departure that he was very much worried about the fate of Soviet Jews under arrest, and that anxiety about their fate was mounting throughout the Soviet Jewish community. The Katzes had no intention of visiting London. Having received their Russian exit permits they booked a flight to Israel by way of Vienna. Their luggage, Including the baby’s perambulator, had already been placed on the Vienna-bound airliner. But Russian officials held the Katzes back for questioning and the plane departed without them. Friends collected enough money to buy them tickets for a flight here. They were allowed to disembark following intervention by Israeli Embassy counselor Yitzhak Rager, who went to Heathrow Airport to meet them. The Katzes spent last night seeing the city’s sights.
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