Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-18
MOSCOW

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placards saying, Shame on
American Democracy" ~. 8.
dangsters" Hands on Lsba-
non" and Tar and Feathers
for Dulles"
One youngster shinnied up Q
drain pipe TO q third-fioor ball
cony and placed on It Q plaeard
saying. Long Live Arab Unity"
He aid down the pipe and then
shinnied up 1t again with q
portrait Of Canal Abdel Mas
ser. President of the United
Arab Republic,
Surge Toward Door
The crowd repeatedly sursed
toward the front door Of the
Embassy. Most Of them were
pushed hack by the militiamen.
who did not try to stop the
barrage Of stones and Ink
bottles.
The crowd filled the ip-lane
boulevard. stretching from In
surrection Square on the left
side of the embassy to the
skyscraper Soviet Foreign Min
istry Building on the right.
Soviet employees Of the en-
bassy were sent home before
the demonstration started. and
Embassy personnel cleared fur
niture out Of front Offices fac
ing the street as . precaution-
airy measure. =.
frame was tied up through
out downtown Moscow. Several
streets leading to Insurrection
Square aEere blocked Of by
Soviet militiamen to clear q
trafie-free path for the march,
ing demonstrators.
The columns converged from
several directions and were
made up Of delegations from
many Moscow factories and
ofiices.
In Instruction Square, about
200 yards from the Embassy, a
wooden platform with loud
speakers had been erected
earlier by workers.
As the dem onstrators
marched. they hooted and
chanted anti-American slogans.
Military music hlared out Of
the loudspeakers on the plat
form and occasionally Com
munist party agitators seized
. microphone and roared out
anti-American slogans.
Directly In front Of the
Embassy about 200 Soviet
militiamen. many Of them on
horses, formed a solid line, two
deep. They pushed early ar
rivals to the opposite side Of
the street but permitted organ
lied columns of demonstrators
through their lines, right up in
front Of the Embassy windows.
Embassy Counsellor Richard
H. Davids telephoned the For.
eign Ministry to request that
the Embassy driveway be kept
clear. He was informed HIS re
guest would be considered.
United States Marines at
tached to. the Embassy stan
chained and padlocked the En-
bassy gate at the start Of the
demonstration. The crowd
jeered and booed them.
Rallies In Other Cities
The Moscow press reported
rallies in q number Of Russian
cities yesterday protesting the
United States action. Some
! 900 Communist Party speak
ers addressed more than 30O.-
900 Moscow residents, news
papers said, and similar rallies
were held in Leningrad, Kiev,
Tifiis and other cities.
More than 1000 Russians
also shouted anti-American
slogans outside the United
States Embassy yesterday. de-
handing withdrawal Of troops
from Lebanon. Mr.. Thompson
refused to accept petitions
under pressure, and after more
than three hours the demon
strators dispensed without vio-
lence.
Three leaders Of the crowd
were let in to see Mr.. Thomp-
son in his ninth floor office.
He accepted their petition and
told them the Marines landed
in Lebanon on the invitation Of
the legitimate government
there which he said Is fighting
indirect foreign aggression.
The Middle East situation Is
under u. N. consideration and
the American troopsswill leave
rs soon as U. N. troops take
over. Mr.. Thompson said.
The ambassador said the 10
minute interview was friendly
and he shook hands with the |
spokesman as the three left.
Peiping radio reported thou
sands Of slogan-chanting Red