Dr. Naum Salansky, a leading Jewish activist of Vilna, last Friday received an exit permit to emigrate to Israel and is expected to leave the Soviet Union April 26, it was reported by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Under investigation for “anti-Soviet slander,” the Vilna prosecutor dropped the charges last Thursday against Salansky.
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