Lithuanian Jews wishing to proceed to Poland will not be granted the Polish visas, the local representative of the Warsaw government announces. This action, he declares, is being taken because the Lithuanian Jews refuse to include in the minorities bloc, deputies of Polish origin in the Lithuanian Parliament.
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