50,000 Polish Refugees in Lithuania, Consul General Reports

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October 29, 1939

NEW YORK (Oct. 27)

Lithuanian Consul General Jonas Budrys announced at a press conference today that 50,000 refugees from Poland had found a haven in Lithuania, exclusive of the newly-ceded Wilno district, and that the Government was doing everything possible to alleviate their plight.

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