The Soviet forces are strengthening their hold in the occupied Baltic countries.
Many arrests have been made in Lativa it is reported from Riga. Among those arrested is Dr. I. Dubin, former Parliament deputy and a leader of the Agudath Israel, Jewish religious organization. Dr. Dubin has been known as an opponent of Communism.
Holders of Polish passports in Lithuania are unable to receive transit through Latvia, even those with visas for the United States. Transit through Germany is possible, particularly for aged persons and women, but it can not be ascertained whether this includes “non-Aryans.”
Official Polish circles declare that in the wilno district of Lithuania, Jews have given the Russians a chilly reception. Organized workers, as well as the bourgeoisie, fear a fate similar to that which has befallen members of the Bund, Jewish Socialist party, in Soviet-occupied Poland. It is reported that Bundists are being deputed from the Lwow district to Asiatic Russia. Deportees to Turkestan reportedly included a 68 year-old Jewish physician and his wife.
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