(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Most of the machinery for the Jewish settlement work in the Bureya region in Siberia will be purchased in America, according to a decision of the Ozet, the land settling society which is sponsoring the project.
The first technical transport to Bureya will be named Icor in recognition of the contribution made by the Icor, the American society for promoting Jewish colonization in Russia.
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