The International Refugee Organization closed its offices in Haifa today and thereby ended its operations in Israel.
The I.R.O. office in Haifa dealt with the repatriation of displaced persons from Palestine to their countries of origin. The majority of those repatriated were Czech and Pulish citizens. It also arranged for the repatriation to Israel of several hundred Jews from Europe.
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