Ninety Lithuanian Jews out of a total of 104 who had been deported from Biro-Bidjan, autonomous Jewish territory in Soviet Siberia, were today on their way back to that country.
Warning was issued that all illegal immigrants from foreign countries would be deported from Biro-Bidjan.
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