Rep. Arthur G. Klein of New York today asked President Truman to intercede with Iraq to halt “the mass persecution, torture, and killing of Jews there.
In a telegram to the President, Rep. Klein said: “On behalf of a shocked American Jewry I implore you to use your good offices to intercede with the Iraqi Government to halt the mass persecution, torture, and killing of Iraqi Jews and other non-Moslems in that country. Reports received in Israel from Iraq contain overwhelming evidence of terror unleashed on the Iraqi Jewish population estimated at 150,000.”
Yesterday, Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York protested Iraq’s terrorism to George C. McGhee, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
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