House Democratic whip Hale Boggs, Louisiana Democrat, said today in the House of Representatives that Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin should use his visit to America to promote peace in the Middle East and not to spread propaganda.
Rep. Clarence Long, Maryland Democrat, today asked in the House that President Johnson protest to Premier Kosygin against Russia’s domestic and foreign anti-Jewish policies. The Congressman said Russia’s Jews were subjected to discrimination and that they were denied rights afforded other Soviet minority groups.
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