No American traveling in the Soviet Union is immune from this treatment. On January 12. 1972. Congressman JAMEs H. SCHEUER of New York was detained in Moscow. Two days later he. too. was expelled. As far as Representative SCHEUER and Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan were aware. they were violating no Soviet laws. Indeed. in the Kaplans case. they had no prior preoccupation with the condition of Jews in Russia and made no concerted effort to contact Jews seeking to emigrate to Israel. The Soviet intention is clear. They are not afraid of the publicity attendant upon the arrest. detention. and expulsion of a Member of Congress.
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