The first group of Soviet Jewish emigrants arrived Tuesday at the new transit camp in Woellersdorf which has replaced Schoenau. The Red Cross in lower Austria will run the aid station. Although Red Cross officials do not expect any attacks by Arab terrorists, Austrian police took no chances: heavily armed policemen with submachine guns in their hands guarded the entrance of the former army barracks. They checked every car passing the gate.
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