A letter that a Jewish girl in Moscow allegedly wrote to Premier Alexei Kosygin demanding the right to emigrate to Israel will be circulated by Israel to all free nations and among delegations to the United Nations, it was learned today. Israel will also circulate to all free nations the letter from 18 Jewish families in the Soviet Georgian Republic appealing for emigration aid.
Copies of the letter purporting to come from Tina Brodetzkaya were published in Israeli newspapers yesterday, coinciding with a special Knesset session on the situation of Soviet Jews. Premier Golda Meir said today that the girl’s letter was brought to Israel by a “tourist” but gave no further details.
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