Only about three to four thousand Jewish refugees remain in Italian displaced persons camps and will be transferred to Israel soon, Arie Oren, Israeli consul general at Rome, said on his arrival here today.
In all, since the end of the war, he said, 40,000 Jewish refugees and 20,O00 illegal immigrants had passed through Italy en route to Israel. He expressed warm appreciation for the treatment the Italian Government and people had extended to these refugees.
Oren declared the Italian Jewish community now numbers 30,000. Commerical negotiations between Israel and Italy will be started soon in Rome, he added, following the arrival there of Richard Cinton, newly-appointed Israeli commercial attache.
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