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Nearly 50 Jews Arrested During Demonstrations Against Brezhnev

October 27, 1971
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Jewish demonstrators protesting the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union dogged the footsteps of Soviet Communist Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev as he made his official rounds today, the first day of his visit to France. Nearly 50 demonstrators were arrested last night and this morning as they ripped down Red flags in

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