Professor Harris, who headed the American committee to investigate Jewish colonization possibilities in Biro-Bidjan, denied that he or any member of his committee had ever stated that Biro-Bidjan was better fitted for colonization than Palestine as reported by Tass, Soviet news service. Both countries, he told a JTA correspondent, have their advantages.
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