Friday, July 30, 1976 17
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Soviets Commute Leviev Death Sentence to 15 Years in Prison
NEW YORK (JTA)
The death sentence im-
posed by the Moscow
Municipal Court in De
cember 1974 on Mikhail
Leviev has been com-
muted to 15 years in
prison, according to re-
ports received by the
Greater New York Con-
ference on Soviet Jewry.
Leviev, the manager of
a store in Moscow, had
been charged with
"economic crimes" and
"anti-Soviet activity."
According to Malcolm
Hoenlein, GNYCSJ direc-
tor, Leviev had applied
for' and received permis-
sion to emigrate to Israel
together with his family.
A few days prior to their
scheduled departure,
Leviev was detained by
Soviet police.and held in-
communicado while a
21/2-year investigation
was undertaken, leading
to the trial.
Three non-Jews, tried
along with Leviev on simi-
lar charges, received five
to nine years sentences.
Because Leviev allegedly
would not cooperate with
the prosecutor, he alone
was condemned to death.,
As soon as word of the
death sentence was re-
ceived in the West,
thousands of telegrams
and appeals were sent to
the Moscow Procurator
and other Soviet officials.
Part of the campaign in
the West include de-
monstrations organized
by the GNYCSJ and other
Soviet Jewry groups; pro-
tests by Congressmen,
district attorneys and
other elected officials; as
well as appeals by
Leviev's wife.
Abrams,
Robert
GNYCSJ chairman, said
that the commutation is
once again an indication
MIKHAIL LEVIEV
of the potential effective-
ness of pressure from the
West. He added that
these actions, and many
others, may well -have
been the critical factors
in saving Leviev's life.
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A Coin in the Hand
Jewish Defense Unit's Office
in France Wrecked by Bomb
PARIS (JTA) — A bomb
wrecked the offices of a lo-
cal Jewish organization ac-
tive in fighting anti-Semi-
tism and resurgent Nazism.
The bomb, a home-made
device consisting of a gas
cannister, damaged the
Paris bureau of the Interna-
tional League Against Rac-
ism and Anti-Semitism
(L.I.C.A.). There were no
casualties as the bomb ex-
ploded early in the morning
before the staff arrived for
work.
Police officials link the
explosion to other attacks
on Jewish organizations in
Marseilles, Nice and Paris.
Police say they found on the
wall against which the
Yehudi
Meanwhile,
Menuhin, the famed
American violinist, is ap-
pealing to the Soviets to
release a Soviet woman
who was arrested after
sending her Israeli daugh-
ter a violin.
Menuhin said in a let-
ter to the Times of Lon-
don that Mrs. Meita
Lekina sent the instru-
ment to her musician
daughter, Anna, via a
friend. A month later
Mrs. Lekina was ar-
rested, accused of
smuggling and sent to jail
for eight months.
She then was judged
incompetent to stand
trial and sent to a mental
hospital. Menuhin wants
the Russians to let the
woman be reunited with
her daughter in Israel
bomb was set the inscrip-
tion "Peiper will be
avenged".
Joachim Peiper is the
former SS colonel whose
charred body was found
earlier this month. Police
believe the former Nazi
officer was killed by for-
mer resistance fighters or
deportees who resented his
presence in France.
Since Peiper's death a
number of anti-Jewish at-
tacks have taken place. Most
of these took place in Mar-
seilles but police believe the
attackers may now have
moved to Paris.
Police have now intensi-
fied their guard on Jewish
institutions in France with
certain organizations being
under 24-hour-a-day sur-
veillance.
NEW YORK (JTA) — Nat
Holman, president of the
United States Committee
Sports for Israel, announced
that a delegation of 24 Jew-
ish athletes selected by his
organization participated in
the Third Pan-American
Maccabia Games which
were held in Lima, Peru,
this week.
Robert E. Rosenberg of
Manhasset, N.Y., headed
the delegation. Included in
the group were representa-
tives from the fields of lawn
tennis, track and field, bas-
ketball and swimming.
Latin Jews Fear
Nazi Literature
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)
— Norman Buckner, assist-
ant director of the Bnai
Brith International Council,
told Jewish leaders in Bue-
nos Aires that the Jewish
world is apprehensive about
the distribution of Nazi lit-
erature in Argentina.
Buckner, who is visiting
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
and Brazil, said he is explor-
ing the possibility of setting
up Hillel Foundations in
Latin America.
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