Speaker. the entire free world was shocked at the announcement on Christmas Eve that the Soviet Union planned to execute two Jewish citizens who were allegedly thwarted in an aborted attempt to hijack an airplane by which to escape to Israel. The bizarre handling of the secret "trial" of 11 Soviet nationalsnine of whom are believed to be Jewsis indeed reminiscent of the terrorizing purges of Josef Stalin. What little information that has been made available. indicates that of the 11 involved in this trial. five had repeatedly asked to be able to leave the Soviet Union and emigrate to Israel. As a rule. the Soviet Communistcontrolled press does not print news of crimes of either a civil or a political nature. In this particular case. however. both Izvestia and Pravda had the story in their papers on the day following the arrests of these 11. and of the arrest of others allegedly a part of a conspiracy in four different cities.
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