Dr. Maurice Perlzweig, chief of the political department of the World Jewish Congress, was received today by the Secretariat of the Vatican where he presented a proposal dealing with the adoption by the United Nations of a convention on genocide and a statement dealing with the implementation of the declaration of human rights. He was assured that both documents would receive careful study by the Vatican.
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