Nehemias Resnizky, president of the DAIA, disclosed Thursdy that he had two meetings with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger who, he said, showed great interest in the situation of Argentine Jewry. Resnizky said he met Kissinger at a U.S. Embassy reception here last week and again on a private occasion. Resnizky reported that Kissinger encouraged denunciation of anti-Semitic activity wherever it may occur. With respect to reports that the U.S. will admit 500 refugees from Latin America, most of them Jews, the American Ambassador, Raul Castro stated that in receiving refugees the U.S. never asked about their origin.
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