R.N. Carvalho. president of the Anglo-Jewish Association, said tonight that he had received an eye-witness confirmation of wide-spread reports of discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union.
In a report to the association’s Council, Carvalho said that he had recently held discussions with a “distinguished Jewish observer.” whom he did not name. He said that person had spent many years in Russia in an official position and, in that capacity, had a unique opportunity of studying Jewish life there. He added that the individual had confirmed “in greater detail the list of official and unofficial privations which Russian Jews must bear.”
The Anglo-Jewish leader also revealed that the “concern of the Jewish world” for the welfare of Moroccan Jews was brought directly to the attention of the Crown Prince of Morocco, when the Prince visited Britain recently. Mr. Carvalho said he was unable to give any details, but that he was hopeful the Prince was returning to Morocco “with the knowledge that the situation is being watched.”
He also disclosed he held a meeting Sunday with representatives of the American Jewish Committee and the Alliance Israelite Universelle, at which a discussion was held on the three-year-old program called “Community Service.” The talks, he said, made a “noteworthy contribution to the rebuilding of Jewish life on continental Europe.”
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