Dr. Nahum Goldmann expressed the belief at a press conference today that King Mohammed V of Morocco had been sincere in his promise to Moroccan Jewry of full freedom of movement. The king gave the assurance earlier this week to a delegation of Moroccan Jewish leaders at Rabat that all limitations on passports would be ended. Dr. Goldmann added that only “time will tell whether local authorities will loyally apply his directive.”
The Paris daily newspaper Le Figaro today carried an interview from Rabat with the Moroccan Minister of Information Moulay Ahmed Allaoui in which the Minister warns that if the Moroccan Government found that any organized immigration to Israel developed, “we will halt passport deliveries to Jews.”
The Minister confirmed that passports would be granted freely to Moroccan Jews but he added that the Jews were “an integral part of our national community and we do not want this community to be disintegrated by Zionism.” The Minister has given interviews on the subject during the past two days and has held as many as two press conferences daily on the Jewish issue.
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