Official figures issued here today disclose that 5, 128 immigrants settled during the last eight months in Biro-Bidjan, autonomous Jewish territory in Soviet Siberia.
The number includes 684 families and 1,964 individuals.
The announcement states that the Jewish immigration program for the year has been 51.3 percent filled.
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