Jorge Alessandri, President of Chile, expressed gratification today over the decision of the Chilean Zionist Federation to inscribe his name in the Jewish National Fund Golden Book in Jerusalem.
The President expressed his appreciation in a letter to Israel Pollak, newly re-elected president of the Federation, in which he also hailed the people of Israel for their spirit of labor and sacrifice.
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