Nazi intrigue in the Baltic States, particularly in Estonia, where there is a strong German minority, led to the adoption today of a memorandum by the Parliament of Estonian Students asking the institution of a numerus clauses for minority students in the university here.
The memorandum will be submitted to the Ministry of Education. Though the demand for a numerus clausus is aimed primarily against the German minority, it will also affect the Jews.
Some time ago authorities discovered that a number of Nazis had been elected members of the Estonian School Council and that they were working hand in hand with an illegal organization known
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