Session #92 · 1971–73

Speech #920054288

Mr. Speaker. on May 21 of this year. a statement by Mr. Aron Vergelis appeared in the New York Times. In that statement Mr. Vergelis defended Soviet policy toward the Jews. He said there was no discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union and denied that they were prohibited to emigrate. I responded to Mr. Vergelis directly on May 27 and a copy of my letter to him that date. In todays New York Times there appears a letter by Will Maslow. executive director of the American Jewish Congress. which is in my judgment the definitive response to the fabrications contained in Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KOCH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
920054288
Paragraph
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