Jews protest
By
ARTHUR SPIEGELMAN
of Reuters through NZPA Washington Tens of thousands of American Jews showed solidarity with Soviet Jewry by marching on Washington on Sunday with signs demanding: “Let My People Go.” The police estimated the crowd, amassed the day before the Russian leader, Mikhail Gorba-
chev, arrives for his summit with President Reagan, at 200,000. That was double the organisers’ rosiest expectations and, authorities said, the biggest antiSoviet demonstration ever staged in Washington. The Soviet Jewish protest filled the graceful, green mall at the foot of Capitol Hill and drew dozens of politicians, including some who in the
next few days will talk to Mr Gorbachev. Most prominent among them was the Vice-Presi-dent, George Bush, Looking at the sea of people stretching out before him in what must have been a candidate’s dream crowd, Mr Bush found himself repeating the phrase “Let My People Go” three times. His speech text only called for him to say it once.
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