Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog submitted a petition Friday from 92 Jews in nine Soviet cities–including Moscow. Minsk, Riga and Vilna–protesting against the attempts by Soviet authorities to sabotage the Jewish culture symposium in Moscow scheduled for Dec. 21-23. The petition was originally sent to Israeli President Ephraim Katzir. Herzog, in submitting the petition to Secretary General Kurt Waldheimy requested that it be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly.
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