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House Gets Bill to Condemn Russia for ‘serious’ Anti-semitism

September 2, 1964
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Rep. Donald Rumsfeld, Illinois Republican, today asked the House of Representatives to condemn “the increasingly serious persecution of Jews within the Soviet Union.” He is the author of a pending resolution which would call on Russia to live up to its guarantee of religious freedom. He said that his constituents called his attention to anti-Jewish developments in Russia.

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