Chinese authorities in Harbin have clamped down on the emigration of Israel-bound Jews, it was authoritatively reported here. The same source said that exit visas are not being issued even to Jews who previously obtained permission to leave.
As a result, the organized immigration service which operated from Manchuria to Tientsin by rail, from there to Hong Kong by sea, and thence to Israel by air, has come to a virtual halt after 18 months. It does not pay to send a special vessel for the relatively few immigrants waiting at Tientsin and they have been instructed to make their way overland to Hong Kong. Here they will remain, under arrangements made by the local Jewish community, until parties of 60 can be organized for the air trip to Lydda.
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