Four Russians and three Austrians tried, and failed, yesterday to kidnap an Israeli citizen here named Josef Silverberg. American soldiers rescued the Israeli and took the attackers to the headquarters of the four-power occupation authority shared by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the USSR.
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