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I.r.o. Vessel with Jewish Refugees from China Arrives at Honolulu En Route to Naples

September 28, 1950
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The International Refugee Organization vessel Anna Salen, with 727 Israel-bound Jews aboard is today due at Honolulu, its second port of call en route to Naples, I.R.O. headquarters here announced.

The entire passenger list of some 1,300 persons are refugees evacuated from various parts of China. Two hundred and forty of the Jewish passengers are aged or ill and require constant medical attention. The vessel will travel to European waters via the Panama Canal. It is estimated that another 1,000 Jewish refugees remain in Shanghai.

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