Nahum Sokolow, president of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Palestine was received by the Minister of State for the Colonies. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, yesterday afternoon.
The head of the world Zionist movement discussed with the Colonial Secretary the expectations of American Jewry with regard to the Mandatory. He pointed to the tendency toward middle class settlement and urged the need for facilitating immigration to Palestine.
Dr. Sokolow also discussed his tour in Canada and stated that the Jews there are particularly interested in the land settlement activities on Jewish National Fund areas.
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