Michael Brojde who was taken to a hospital last week after a 171-hour hunger strike to protest against Poland’s refusal to grant his father an exit visa, was reported to be regaining his strength. Brojde, the son of the former Soviet spy, Leopold Trepper, lost 12 pounds during the strike. He has been receiving telegrams of sympathy from all parts of the western world, and flowers from his fellow Danish citizens, hospital authorities said. Danish television has been devoting a lot of air time to the Trepper affair. In a related development, a committee of 21 persons, including Chief Rabbi Bent Melchior, Christian religious leaders, politicians, scientists, authors and journalists, has been formed to help Trepper obtain an exit visa for Israel,
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