(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Albert Hyamson, immigration director of the Palestine government, was refused admission to Soviet Russia, advices received here state.
It was declared that the purpose of Mr. Hyamson’s journey to Russia was to study the conditions of Russian Jewish emigration to Palestine.
Mr. Sulman, acting director of the Palestine Immigration Department, is proceeding to Warsaw as the Palestine Government immigration officer. Mr. Sulman is reported as having a favorable attitude toward Jewish immigration.
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