An exchange of Russian Zionists expelled to Siberia for the Communists now detained in Palestine prisons is proposed by the Soviet government which, if the negotiations work out, is prepared to transport the exiled Russian Zionists to Palestine. The Soviet Red Cross has undertaken to negotiate on the matter with the Palestine government.
Madame Peshkova, wife of Maxim Gorki, the writer, and head of the Soviet Red Cross, declared that if the negotiations are favorable, the Russian Zionists would receive their passports within three days and be able to proceed directly to a port of debarkation without having to stop in Moscow first. Orders will be given to the authorities not to interpose any obstacles in the path of the Zionists and the Red Cross will pay the necessary expenses.
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