British Officials Oust American for His Views on Nazis' Toll

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PART-A; Foreign Desk

164 [Fred Leuchter Jr.], who describes himself as a scientist, claims that Holocaust survivors exaggerated the number of people executed in Nazi gas chambers during World War II. The Sunday Telegraph reported that police interrupted Leuchter during a speech and spirited him away, causing the audience of 150 people to begin chanting, "Freedom of speech!"