Mark Turkow, secretary of the Latin American Jewish Congress, reported that he telephoned Santiago this morning and was able to reach Dr. Gil Sinay, president of the Representative Committee of Chilean Jews. During their few minutes of conversation Turkow said Dr. Sinay reported that Jewish community institutions were not harmed during last week’s military coup which ousted the government of Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens. However, there was still no information about those Jews who held high office in the Allende Administration. Dr. Sinay also told Turkow that religious services were conducted on Saturday in the community synagogue and that Rabbi Angel Kreiman delivered the sermon.
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