Members of the U.S. Congress pressed President Bush to bring up property compensation in his meetings with Poland’s leader. Bush met Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski on Monday, but in remarks and statements later, the White House did not say whether he raised the issue of Jewish properties confiscated by the Nazis and other religious properties confiscated by the Communists.
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