Three Jewish residents of Tangiers were arrested by the Moroccan Government last month on charges of aiding Jewish emigration from that country, it was learned here today. The three are Itzchak Lavy and his wife Lucia, French citizens, and David Meliul, a Moroccan Jew.
According to reliable sources, the French Consul in Tangiers has been unable to secure the release of the Lavy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Lavy are the proprietors of a small three-story tourist hotel near the Tangiers waterfront where some 500 Jews from all parts of Morocco are now staying. Meliul worked as an assistant in the hotel. It is believed that the three persons are being held in a Tetuan jail.
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