The General Union of Tunisian Students called on Jewish students here today to support their Moslem colleagues “in the interests of the Tunisian nation and its youth.”
Habib Bourguiba, leader of the nationalist Neo-Destour Party, received a delegation of Jewish students here with whom he discussed the political situation. He assured them that an independent Tunisia would not countenance discrimination among citizens of various faiths.
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