The Austrian Foreign Ministry is prepared to discuss the question of restitution, including the disposition of heirless Jewish property, with all recognized Jewish agencies, M. Leitnayer, chief of the political section of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, has assured Harry Goodman, political secretary of the Agudas Israel.
Meanwhile, Oskar Helmer, Austrian Minister of Interior, stated that all refugees who succeed in making their way here from Eastern Europe would be promptly transferred to the western zones of the country.
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