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30 Clergymen, Including Rabbis, Permitted to Visit Moscow

May 4, 1954
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A number of American rabbis may be admitted for a week’s visit to Moscow as part of an interfaith goodwill mission arranged by the World Parliament of Religions, it was announced here today.

The announcement said that the Soviet Embassy in Washington will issue visas to 30 American clergymen of all faiths, subject only to the acceptance of individual passports. The mission will leave New York by air on August 10 and will also visit a number of countries including both the Israeli and Jordanian parts of Jerusalem.

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