The Gezerd, Society aiding the settlement of Jews on land, today received authorization from Moscow to send one hundred Jewish immigrants in Belgium to Bira Bidjan to settle there.
The action of the Soviet authorities is in line with its announced policy of admitting a percentage of Jews from abroad to help build up Bira Bidjan as an autonomous Jewish unit.
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