Seven hunrded and nineeen qualified technicians, agronomists, and workers, applied to the Soviet government last month to be sent to Biro-Bidjan, but less than half of them were accepted, it was officially announced here today.
Two hundred and eighty-nine applications were rejected by the Comzet for various reasons, two hundred and twenty-three were accepted, and the rest are being investigated.
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