The Hungarian Government will place no obstacles in the way of Jews desiring to emigrate to Palestine or any other country, and emigrants will be permitted to take along all their valuables, Vice-Premier Matyas Rakosi of Hungary told a press conference here today.
Rakosi charged that the opposition group in Hungary, which was allegedly headed by former Premier Ferenc Nagy, had among its aims re-introduction of racial laws.
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