Immigration of Polish Jews to Biro-Bidjan, Soviet Jewish autonomous area in Siberia, is impossible at the present time, Dr. Peker, president of the Polish Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, declared today on his return from Moscow. The Polish Jewish leader held a series of important conferences with heads of the COMZET and OZET, Soviet Jewish organizations for settling Jews on the land.
Dr. Peker was officially informed that there are no possibilities for Polish Jewish immigration; that no Polish Jewish group will be given the official right to issue certificates for immigration to Biro-Bidjan; and that the autonomous area was primarily designed for settlement by Soviet Jewish citizens.
The question of large-scale settlement of foreign Jews would only be discussed if a responsible Jewish group were formed abroad with large financial means to enable such immigration, the chairman of the COMZET, the official body responsible for Biro-Bidjan settlement, informed Dr. Peker.
In case such a company were formed, the Soviet government would be prepared to allow the settlement of skilled foreign Jews in Biro-Bidjan, it was stated.
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