The Soviet Union has lodged a complaint with Secretary General U Thant over the invasion of the Soviet UN Mission premises on Nov. 29 by a “group of Zionist hooligans.” In a letter to Mr. Thant, made public last night, Ambassador Jacob Malik, permanent representative of the Soviet Union to the UN, demanded that the United States Mission and U.S. authorities take “all necessary steps” to “protect” the Soviet Mission “from similar raids by bandits and intrusions by hostile elements.” Mr. Malik charged New York police with laxity. On Nov. 29 a group of youths of the World Union of Jewish Students entered the Mission to protest Soviet treatment of Jews. The youngsters later assembled on the steps of the Park East Synagogue across the street from the Mission for a further demonstration. Mr. Malik said in his letter, dated Nov. 30, that at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 29, eight unidentified persons “taking advantage of a moment when wives and children of members of the staff of the permanent mission were entering the mission building, broke into the lobby” and “began to behave in a disorderly manner.” Mr. Malik said the intruders identified themselves as members of Zionist organizations. “This group of Zionist hooligans” remained on the premises “in spite of insistent demands” that they leave, he wrote, and charged that the police “took no steps” to prevent them from entering and evicted them “only after insistent requests.” He demanded the eight youths be “severely punished.”
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