A NUMBER OF JEWISH REFUGEE PHYSICIANS FROM GERMANY WHO FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN SOVIET HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE SOVIET UNION AS PART OF A GENERAL DRIVE AGAINST FOREIGNERS, IT WAS LEARNED HERE TODAY. ABOUT 80 GERMAN-JEWISH DOCTORS LIVE IN RUSSIA AND IT IS FEARED THAT ALL WILL BE AFFECTED IF THE ANTI-ALIEN MEASURES ARE CARRIED OUT. VIRTUALLY ALL CITIZENS OF FOREIGN NATIONS ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT THEIR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS MAY NOT BE RENEWED.
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