The Soviet Government has granted permission to a Jewish family, originally from Brazil, to leave the Soviet Union to return to this country, it was reported here today. The family, 12 members in all, and comprising a Mr. and Mrs. Sisman, their children and grandchildren, is the first from Brazil to be permitted to leave Russia.
The Sismans were among a group of some 1,000 Brazilians — about half of them Jews — who settled in Russia several years ago for ideological reasons. When Brazil and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations two years ago, the Brazilians began to besiege this country’s legation in Moscow with requests for aid in seeking to return here. The Sismans were the first family to receive Soviet permission.
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