The Herald Tribune reported today from Rome that Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano had assured American Ambassador Williams Phillips that the decree for expulsion of post-war Jewish immigrants would be interpreted liberally to exempt Americans. Count Ciano said the reply to the American note on the subject would be ready in a few days, the dispatch said.
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