A loan of “a considerable sum” has ben negotiated by the Jewish Agency in Italy, it was announced here today by Dr. Dov Joseph, head of the Agency’s absorption department who handled the negotiations. Declining to name either the bank that will make the loan or the amount, Dr. Joseph said only that the money will be used for housing newly-arrived immigrants.
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