Following that. our State Department. very properly. expressed regret to the Soviet Ambassador. and promised that our Government would pay compensation for the damage. The Soviet Ambassador was given the added assurance that we would take security measures to prevent any recurrence of such an incident. What happened then? The five refugees were brought before Judge Edmond T. Daly of the Court of General Sessions of the District of Columbia. Judge Daly meted out a sentenceif it can be called a sentenceof a fine of $100 or 60 days in jail for each of the culprits. They were immediately released because a spokesman for the group said that the $500 had been supplied by an anonymous New Yorker who had made the trip with them.
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