William Scranton, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, yesterday told the Committee on Relations with the United States as Host Country, that he is “outraged” by the “act of ugly violence” last Friday in which shots were fired at the Soviet UN Mission here. But Scranton rejected Soviet accusations that this incident and others in recent weeks against Soviet installations and diplomats in New York occurred as a result of “inactivity and permissiveness” of the United States.
Declaring that the U.S. regrets the incidents, Scranton assured the Committee of “energetic” investigation by Federal and New York authorities to apprehend those responsible of harassing and attacking Soviet officials here. “We will do everything within our power and within our law to exterminate this vicious weed when it sprouts on our soil, and we expect every other nation to do likewise,” Scranton said.
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