The Israeli Anti-Tuberculosis League lodged a strong protest with its parent body today over the refusal of Soviet authorities to allow Israeli physicians to attend the International Tuberculosis Conference held in Moscow July 12-16. The Soviets had given the International Union Against Tuberculosis assurances that the Israeli delegation would be admitted and allowed the names of Israeli doctors to be included on the printed program of speakers. But at the last minute, no visas were issued to the Israelis. A spokesman for the League said the Russian authorities employed a familiar tactic of hedging on visas until it was too late to move the site of the conference to another country. A delegation of 20 Israeli scientists will leave for Washington this week to participate in the first International Congress of Immunology opening Aug. 1 under the sponsorship of the International Union of Immunological Societies. The Israeli delegation will be headed by Prof. Michael Sela, dean of the biology faculty at the Weizmann Institute of Science who is chairman of the Israeli Society of Immunological Scientists.
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