Two Zionist officials who had been under arrest here since last October were released from jail yesterday following court action in canceling the warrants under which they had been held pending trial.
The two men, Leon Itzkar and Enicu Cohn, were the representatives here of the Jewish National Fund and the Keren Hayesod. Charges of alleged violations of currency regulations against them were withdrawn by the Rumanian Finance Ministry but they are still accused on secondary charges of tax evasion. At the time the Jewish fund officials were arrested, the offices of the J.N.F. and Keren Hayesod were also closed down.
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