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full control. Many prominent
members of American Jewish
organizations have agreed
with us that it is doubtful if
further protestations by the
United States Government
would be helpful to the Jews
in the Soviet Union. The
Soviet- government has fre-
quently accused Soviet Jews
of being under the supposedly
sinister influence of foreign
governments, including the
United States.
Therefore, the Department
feels that official intervention
on behalf of the Soviet Jews
could give the Kremlin an ex-
cuse to emphasize anti-Jewish
charges "to the disadvantage of
Soviet Jewry."
Instead, according to Kar-
nacki, the United States Gov-
ernment supports action through
the United Nations and stresses
the important role of private
organizations and individuals
"in bringing such persecution
to the notice of world opinion."
"To a degree," said Kar-
nacki, "the Soviet govern-
ment is susceptible to the in-
fluence of world opinion in
such matters."
He pointed out that the
United Nations Commission on
Human Rights decided as a re-
sult of American initiative to
include information from non-
governmental organizations in
consultative status in its next
series of periodic reports.
Austria Extends Time
Limit on Compensation
VIENNA, (JTA)—The Austri-
an government extended the
time limits for registration by
victims of the Nazi era in Aus-
tria to receive compensation
under the Austrian West Ger-
man agreement.
The extension, which is for
one year, was set to meet de-
mands of many of the victims,
particularly Austrians now liv-
ing in other countries, for ad-
ditional time to register. The
new deadline is March 31, 1964.
Under the agreement, West
Germany agreed to • contribute
a substantial sum to a funds
pool for such payments.
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22, 1963
WASHINGTON — Anti-Se-
mitic developments in the Soviet
Union are now receiving a "high
priority of attention" from the
State Department's Soviet af-
fairs experts and American con-
cern has been made known at
"the highest levels of the Soviet
Government," it was revealed
Wednesday by the Department
of State.
In a letter to National Com-
mander Morton London of the
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States, written on behalf
of Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
State Department public serv-
ices official Edward A. Kar-
nacki reported on the Soviet
Jewish problem. The Jewish
veterans concerned about events
had requested a report on State
Department activity in this area
and urged new moves to relieve
persecution of Soviet Jews.
Karnacki replied that the De-
partment "cannot stress too
strongly our government's dis-
approval of the pressures which
the Soviet Government brings
to bear against the Jewish and
other faiths.
"In the case of the Jews,"
he said "these pressures are
such as to prevent the normal
maintenance and development
of Jewish rleigious and cul-
tural life." He made known
that the increased -discrimina-
tion had become "a matter
of deep concern to the de-
partment."
Reviewing events in the post-
Stalin period, Karnacki cited
intensified "anti-religious propa-
ganda, the increased application
of social pressures . . . adminis-
trative restrictions and legal
impediments as in, the case of
the ban on matzoh baking and
occasional trials of religious
figures on 'ordinary criminal
charges."
He said that reports had been
received by the Department
"officially and from private ob-
servers" that anti-S emitism
exists in many areas of the
Soviet Union."
The State Department has es-
tablished that "Jewish religious
activities have been curtailed
to the point where functioning
synagogues are a rarity and
opportunities to train and edu-
cate Jewish religious leaders
have been practically elimin-
ated."
It appeared to the - Depart-
ment that Soviet Jews "are
receiving a disproportionate
amount of condemnation and
victimization" in the Soviet
camp a i g n against private
speculation in goods and il-
legal transactions. Compared
to the members of other
ethnic or minority groups the
Jews are being disproportion-
ately singled out for harsh
treatment.
"While the Department has
no basis upon which to assess
the authenticity of the charges
made against the defendants. in
these trials, the publicity given
the trials will in all probability
have the effect of buttressing
already existing anti-Semitic
prejudices through the associa-
tion of identifiably Jewish per-
sons with economic violations,"
said Karnacki.
The official made known that
"highest levels of the Soviet
government have been told of
our concern over this problem
and efforts made to arrange
meetings with representatives
of American Jewish organiza-
tions." He added that "unfor-
tunately, these efforts have
been to little avail thus far."
The Department noted that
it is difficult for our govern.
ment to contribute to the
direct solutions of the prob.
lem of minorities in a terri-
tory where a foreign sover-
eign government exercises
BONN, (JTA) — The West tions between the two countries
German government has offered remained without success.
an increase in payments to vic-
tims in Yugoslavia of Nazi med-
ical atrocities.
The offer was reported in
connection with a West German
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