gotiations between Dr. Suritz and the Soviet government were carried on with the full knowledge of Polish authorities both in Poland and in Moscow.
It was fully a month after Dr. Suritz had left Moscow that Soviet authorities notified the Agro-Yid they would not consider its proposal to permit the entrance of Polish Jews into Biro-Bidjan through its offices.
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