The Polish-Jewish Refugee Fund here announced today that it has made a grant of 13,000 towards defraying the expenses involved in the transportation to Palestine of 800 Polish-Jewish refugee children who are now in Teheran on route from Russia. The children have been unable to proceed as yet because the Iraquian Government refuses to grant them transit visas.
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