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...week later, nearly 200 students protesting a visit by a South African consul general forcibly blocked the exit to the room in which he was speaking. Police burst through the blockade and escorted the diplomat, New York City Consul General Abe S. Hoppenstein, through the crowd, allegedly injuring several students and police...
...point Mr. Hoppenstein requested to be able to address the crowd in the vestibule. Our club president went out to communicate this offer to the crowd, but the mob shouted him down...
...Crimson reporting gave the impression that the protesters succeeded in delaying Mr. Hoppenstein for a period of time. This is not true in the least. The consul General was originally scheduled to speak from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The University police made the decision to try to get Mr. Hoppenstein out at 1:15 before more protestors arrived. When this attempt did not succeed, the Consul General returned to the JCR and continued to take questions until he left, at roughly the originally scheduled time...
...listeners inside the JCR were by no means a partisan crowd. Mr. Hoppenstein was asked many pointed questions by self-proclaimed opponents of his government...
...Finally we must emphasize the Consul-General's coolness under fire. We had advance warning of the demonstration at Lowell House and had arranged for an alternate site, but Mr. Hoppenstein insisted on facing the demonstrators. He continued in peak and answer questions from students in the ICK up until the last minute. Upon using the vestibule. Mr. Hoppenstein also paused in straighten his he before proceeding to the airport...