(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Soviet Government decree granting the region of Bureya, Siberia, for Jewish land settlement will be published tomorrow in accordance with a decision of the praesidium of the Wzik, Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Government.
The decree will bear the signature of Yenukidze, secretary of the Wzik. The document envisages the possibility of “converting this territory into a Jewish national administrative territorial unit.”
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