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Jewish Guard Assigned to Protect Khrushchev During Visit to U. N.

September 3, 1959
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When Soviet Prime Minister Nikita S. Khrushchev visits the United Nations, September 18, one of his guards will be a strapping, six-foot three, 220 pounds UN guard named Mitchell Goldstein. Goldstein is a Jew. who speaks Yiddish fluently.

Among the 150 security guards at the United Nations, ten are Jews. A year ago, when there was a likelihood that Israel Prime Minister David Ben Gurion might visit the UN, Goldstein was assigned to act as Mr. Ben Gurion’s personal bodyguard. This time, in preparation for Mr. Khrushchev’s visit, six men have been assigned as his bodyguards, Goldstein being one of the half-dozen.

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