Mayor John V. Lindsay signed a petition today asking President Nixon to “take advantage” of his “unique” Moscow visit and “help redeem Soviet Jewry” by acting “to help free Jewish prisoners of conscience and to help Soviet Jews achieve the fundamental right to live as Jews and to leave for Israel and elsewhere.” The petition, which had already been signed by the five borough presidents and “hundreds of thousands” of other Americans, is being circulated here by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. The petitions are expected to gather some 500,000 signatures in NY and more than one million nationwide. Lindsay also called on concerned New Yorkers to participate in the Solidarity Sunday march and rally on April 30.
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