Rumors of anti-Jewish riots in Leningrad and Moscow in connection with the investigation of the killing of Sergei M. Kirov were ridiculed here today by the Soviet Embassy in an exclusive statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“Stories of ‘anti-Jewish fighting’ in Leningrad and Moscow are a complete invention,” the Embassy declared.
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