State Dept. Claims Anti-Semitism
Down in Poland; Czech Ileport Bad
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The I
State Department disclosed Mon-'
day that the U.S. government has
been interceding with Poland on
behalf of Polish Jewry and has
now concluded that the anti-
Semitic campaign has "abated."
The department's report was
elicited by Rep. Frank Horton,
New York Republican, who has
been pressing for action to relieve
the plight of Jews in Communist
nations. Colgate S. Prentice, act-
ing assistant secretary of state for
congressional relations, wrote to
Rep. Horton.
Prentice said that "On numer-
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"Our embassy in Warsaw is
continuing to observe closely
events in Poland, and our mis-
sions at Vienna, Geneva and
other European capitals are
also reporting such information
as is available to them on the
emigation of Jews from Poland."
The official said the State De-
partment was "continuing to facili-
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said that "extreme Soviet sensi-
tivity to what it regards as interfer-
ence in its internal affairs severely
limits the utility of diplomatic
initiatives or statements by U.S.
officials on behalf of Soviet citi-
zens. In the case of Soviet Jews,
there is an added danger that such
statements will only reinforce ex-
isting prejudices and suspicions."
Prentice pointed out that "the
existence of Israel has made
Soviet Jews vulnerable to official
attack on grounds of divided
loyalty, and they are suspect of
having ties with Western Jewry
in general.
He saw no indication that the
USSR was "prepared to abandon
tate in any way we can the immi- efforts to promote the religious
gration of Polish Jews who wish to and cultural assimilation of Soviet
come to the United States. We Jews into atheistic Soviet society.
treat their visa applications as We will continue to express the
sympathetically and expeditiously U.S. government's concern over
this question in every effective
as possible."
Rep. Horton is chairman of the
Mid East policy committee of the
"Members of Congress for Peace
Through Law" organization.
Commenting on the State De-
partment letter, he said he would
continue efforts to help Polish
Jewry because he is continuing to
receive distressing reports. He
said he was "saddened by the
overt anti-Semitism that has per-
vaded Communist Poland. This is
a dangerous sign, and one whose
impact should not be missed by
the world community."
Prentice also responded to Rep.
Horton's query on the Jews of the
Soviet Union and measures to as-
sist them. The State Department
by AARON BERGMAN
Edited by Mlle Goldberg
Price
ous occasions we have made clear
to the Polish government our con-
cern over reports of anti-Semitic
activities. The anti-Semitic cam-
paign which reached its heights in
Poland during the first half of 1968
has abated; since that time Jews
wishing to leave Poland have by
and large been able to do so.
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way possible."
Meanwhile, the Czechoslovak
Communist Party is mounting a
campaign against Jews and alleged
"Zionists." Its apparent purpose is
to link Jewish intellectuals with
the regime of ousted party chief
Alexander Dubcek and his liberal
reform drive in 1968, New York
Times correspondent Paul Hoff- ,
mann reported from Vienna.
Hoffman wrote that according to
"reliable priv ate information"
Czech Jews see in these develop-
ments an upsurge of anti-semitism
in the Communist Party apparatus
and an effort to purge Jewish in-
fluence from Czech society.
In recent weeks, articles in the
party press and broadcasts over
the state-owned radio have al-
leged that Jewish supporters of
Dubcek were part of an "interna-
tional Zionist conspiracy" intended
to remove Czechoslovakia from
the Communist camp.
Hoffmann said that the charges
appear to have stemmed from a
secret document on the alleged
role of Jews in the Dubcek re-
forms which was compiled by
the secret police with the assist-
ance of Soviet security officers.
"Jews are known to be the prime
targets in purges that are, being
carried out in the party and its
affiliated organizations," Hoffmann
reported. "Some Jewish students
and young intellectuals have re-
cently been banned from Prague as
'parasites' together with persons
suspected of living by racketeer-
ing and other unlawful activities.
The alleged 'parasites who were
removed from the capital must es-
tablish a fixed residence in some
rural community and under po-
lice surveillance," - Hof f m a nn
wrote.
He said Czech workers frequent-
ly denounce Jews at party meet-
ings, and the "Zionist" label has ,
been applied even to liberals who
are not Jewish. Hoffmann said
that according to the latest official
data published last April, only
14,000 Jews remain in Czechoslo-
vakia, 9,000 of them in Slovakia
where anti-Semitism is apparently
less strongly felt than in Bohemia-
Moravia.
Israel's Occupied Lands
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Nearly
2,000 laborers are employed in
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hem District, where main branches
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tiles, metal and wooden furniture,
plastics, cigarettes and foodstuffs.
Two large enterprises for the
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Bank loans, granted by the rep-
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commerce and industry attached
to the military government of
Judea and Samaria, have been in-
strumental in the purchase and
renovation of equipment.
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