Expect to Settle 1,000 Jewish Families During Summer of 1929 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Further details of the Jewish plan in Bureya, Siberia, recommended by the Comzet, the Governmental department for settling Jews on the land, were given by Samuel Weizmann, brother of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who is an active worker in the Jewish colonization activities in Russia.
Mr. Weizmann in a report submitted to the Ozet, the Society for Settling Jews on the Land, in Charkoff stated that the economic conditions prevailing in the Soviet Union will compel a large mass of Jews to emigrate from their places of residence. The preparatory work to meet this situation must be undertaken immediately. In the summer of 1929 it will be possible to settle about 1,000 Jews in the Bureya region. The preparatory work on the land slated for colonization will require the sum of $250,000, which will probably be granted by the Government. Chinese and Jewish workers may be employed in this project during the first five years about ten thousand Jewish families may be settled in the region, he stated.
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