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0-19 (Rev. 1-30-74) a i Bee, yore yee xe ees i ° . Assiclated Press CO hh natgscow, April 2i—Sen. Sen. Edward Ken- met with silelice, Taushver and onen hostility-at Moscow State University today, and then. was hustled -dut.of the auditorium -by his thests on the prétext that he ‘wasn’t feeling well. Kennedy hadsasked. the ‘pudielice ‘Of Sq: Viet university § ‘students. arid Other’ specta: . tors whether they thought Soviet military . Spending should: be imereased or de- creased. His question. was greeted, first with silence, then with an explosion of laughter. ). There. is no public discussion. in the Soviet Union of defense expenditures, and it apparently struck. the audience as bi- zarre and- amusing that Kennedy. would ask theiz:.opinion: : An elderly: man, in the audience shook ° his fist at Kennedy. and ‘shouted; “That murmiired: _agresment. ee The man" then: stolid 1p aid tora. ‘the Massachusetts. Democrat? “Weispetid as. much: or défense aS. our; éountry: wequires.” Kennedy,. whio often asks. ‘questions.-of «his American studetit audiences, then. ask: ed the audience. to vote by raised> hands on, which ‘Soviet achievements they -‘con- © _sidered aost ‘important, Obviously confused, the audience failed to respond. Y ges "Froin Mose cow “4 But he was-not allowed in when he showed ~* Ae wee ee E Atles Pronk Talk| Finally, after several ttonslationd of the, ., question, including one by the rector of the university, a few Hesitant hands went ' up. when the senator mentioned the first man in space. More hands wete raised when he men- tioned. the Soviets’ victory in World War: I and economic progréss. After” “conteriny with offitials - ‘of the dais, an interpreter ‘cathe over tO the podivim and. antjounceéd’ that senator had to ‘leave, begause he was not feeling well. “No, Ro, Pm perfectly All: right,” Kennedy retorted, but he was hustled out of the auditorium shortly thereafter: and taken to-a meeting with Foreign Minister Gromyko. Details of that meeting were not dis- closed. The 600-Seat auditorium in-the Humani- ties. Building was filled, but many of the spectators were middle-aged or older. The building is: off limits unless one has a special assy. or permission. A British; wproféssor who teaches at the university said a-notice-had been posted onthe bulletin ‘board last week that the - speéch was‘open to students and faculty. his university pass, In his sp¢ech, Kennedy‘appealed to the Soviet Union-to allow. Americans to travel See KENNEDY, Ad, Col: 5 Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. — Dep. AD Inv. __ Asst. Dir: Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs Files & Com. _. Gen. Inv. Ident. Inspection Intell. yo Laboratory Plan. & Eval. __ Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. __ Director Sec’y __. The Washington Post Al Washington Star-News — Daily News (New York) The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The National Observer The Los Angeles Times Date __ #f2rf7f