Jewish sources in the Soviet Union reported that a group of Moscow Jews, nearly 100, assembled this afternoon in a Moscow park to mark the 25th anniversary of Israel. They were surrounded by a large detachment of the militia but there were no reports of arrests. No further news was available by late afternoon.
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