JEWISH AGENCY'S CONCERN WITH SOURCES OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300270010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 31, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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SUWECT J .sh Agency e Concern with Sour3 of
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1. connection with the tapping of l sourees of Jewish i .gation,
n unconfirmed report appears to indicate.th.?at the Jewish Agenc +' contemplates
sending an dasory to Moscow to aacez ain the position of Polish Jam,
who are reportedly in the USSR at present, possibly with a view to rig
their attitude tm ?ds irrnig raticn to Palestine.
F-6 2,, Accords g to a ratable Polish source, approximately 150,000 Polish Jew
wore aither evacuated or had fled to Russia at the time of the {ice
snug tt in 1939. Of thes? #, 170,000#" have reportedly left the USSR,
either to return to Pda.and or to settle alsewhere6 Of t balance,, me-
half may be considered dead, t, as leaving an estimated W.} OO Polish Jews
in Russia.
gr an: It is b&.i e 3 that this figure represents
tiZb nu sr of Jews in Poland 19146 (approx -l ely 70,, ), -in z ii as the estimated nuzzer of Polish Jam who arrived.
t ' o - r o frou the US, R (epprozInately 1003 ). it is probable
that the latter x i e will be increas by the inclusion of
some USSR J who claim Polish nati& i ty.
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