A new Polish order, prohibiting the issuance of passports to prospective emigrants, is causing deep anxiety among Polish Jews, many of whom wish to leave for Israel, it was reported in the Hebrew press here today. The dispatch said that the Polish authorities assert the action is connected with Poland’s currency problems.
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