Increased action against Jews in Russia as part of Soviet efforts to win over the Arabs was reported today by a private Washington geopolitical research firm headed by a registered Arab agent.
The report on Russian Jewry is made in a publication called “special memorandum distributed by “Universal Research and Consultants, Inc. ” The firm is headed by Col, John E. Kieffer a political scientist who is a U.S. Air Force Reserve officer. He is listed by the U. S. Department of Justice as a paid agent of the Arab states delegation office.
According to the report, Soviet efforts to gain Arab sympathy include increased anti-Jewish propaganda. A pamphlet entitled “The Judaic Religion–Its Origin and Essence, published in Moscow last month by T. K. Kicho, is quoted. The Soviet publication charged Russian Jews with neglecting atheistic propaganda, diverting workers from the revolutionary struggle, and links Judaism, Zionism and Israel in an international plot.
The Soviet publication brands Judaism as capitalistic, reactionary and caste-conscious, accuses Israel of exploiting Judaism to develop class collaboration among Jews of all nations and alleges that Jews have converted Israel into a puppet of the imperialists.
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