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Prof. Gil said that at-
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from the medical head of the
Lubyanka Prison, A.L.
Smoltsov, to the security
minister,
service
quoting
Abakumov,
Smoltsov as declaring "I re-
port that the prisoner,
Walenberg (sic) who is
known to you, died suddenly
in his cell last night, prob-
ably following a myocardial
infarction."
However, it was pointed
out at the press conference,
information that Wallen-
berg was still alive contin-
ued to crop up, with the
Soviet government always
replying Wallenberg was
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Synagogue of Cairo in the
Ismailia Quarter which was
in poor condition, but which
has been under repairs
since the peace process be-
gan, and at the nearby
offices of the Jewish com-
munity.
At Ein Shams Univer-
sity, the group met with
the dean of the faculty of
humanities, as well as
with the chairman and
faculty members of the
Hebrew Department.
Some 100 students study
in the department, and
the other large univer-
sities — Cairo, El Azhar,
and Alexandria — also
have Hebrew depart-
ments. "We met several of
the doctoral students and
some expressed an inter-
est in coming to Israel to
study. Masses of students
gathered around us,
many demonstrating
warmth, and we felt no
expression whatever of
hostility. We were most
impressed by those who
knew Hebrew."
Many of the Egyptians
the delegation met with
pointed out the distinctive-
ness of Egyptian civiliza-
tion and culture from the
general Arab culture, and
expressed their satisfaction
at putting an end to hos-
tilities. Many remembered
Jews they had known 30
years ago. "But the general
feeling when seeking out
the Jewish community of
Egypt," says Prof. Gil, "is
that of a formerly strong
Diaspora community which
no longer exists. This, on
the one hand, is a sobering
and sad reflection. On the
other hand, the redeeming
feature is that it is a Jewish
community alive and thriv-
ing in Israel."
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Egypt. Because of the tion several security guards
importance of the matter, accompanied the group.
the activity the world
The delegation met with
over must be coordinated Anis Mansur, editor of the
and administered semi-official Egyptian "Oc-
through the state of Is-
tober" magazine, who wrote
rael. Because of the deli-
about the delegation giving
cacy of the issue, the
an explanation of the con-
specific findings on
cept of the Geniza. The
Jewish writings are not delegation also visited with
being publicized, but the the director-general of Mos-
goal is to have the Egyp-
lem and Coptic antiquities
tian government cooper-
in the Egyptian Antiquities
ate in collecting all
Department; at the Hebrew
Jewish writings in one of Department of Ein Shams
the Egyptian museums.
University; and at the
The delegation was ac-
Egyptian National Library
companied by an English
"Dar al-Kutub."
speaking representative of
the Egyptian Press Office, The delegation visited the
and two Hebrew-speaking Ben Ezra Synagogue which
Egyptians of the "Palestine is in good condition consid-
(and Israel) Division" of the ering its antiquity; in the
Press Office, one of whom Karaite Synagogue, where
had a doctorate in Hebrew they were warmly and
and taught at Cairo Univer- enthusiastically received by
sity and the other a master's the approximately 50
degree in Hebrew from Karaites left (out of a
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dead but without providing
any proof. Von Dardel told
the press conference that
there is "almost a bullet-
proof case" that Wallenberg
was alive "as late as 1959"
and that there is a strong
possibility that he is alive
now.
Ms. Biorck-Kaplan said
that because Wallenberg
had initially gone to
Budapest at the request
of the U.S. War Refugee
Board, "we feel it is an
American responsibility"
to determine what has
happened to Wallenberg,
a University of Michigan
graduate, and that the
only way to help free the
diplomat is "by putting
public pressure on." She
said the committee plans
to set up local committees
throughout the United
States.
Friedman said that the
Swedish government had a
"special obligation to do ev-
erything we can" and that
the Swedish government
has on many occasions
raised the issue with the
Soviet government but re-
ceived "no satisfactory
clarification." He declined
to elaborate.
The Jewish community of
Stockholm packed the
synagogue of the Swedish
capital Jan. 13 to pay hom-
age to Wallenberg.
An audience of more
than 800 heard the
Bishop of Stockholm and
Bruno Kaplan, president
of the Stockholm Jewish
community, describe
Wallenberg's exploits
while a diplomat in
Budapest and the mys-
tery which has sur-
rounded his fate since his
arrest by the Russians in
1945.
The meeting, which coin-
cided with the 35th an-
niversary of Wallenberg's
arrest, launched a fund for a
scholarship in his name at
the Weizmann Institute in
Rehovot, Israel.
Among the congregation
was Mrs. Nina Lagergren,
half-sister of Wallenberg,
who is spearheading the in-
ternational campaign for
his release. Members of the
diplomatic corps were also
present, including repre-
sentatives of Israel, France
and Argentina.
Per Anger, a senior
Swedish diplomat who
worked closely with Wal-
lenberg in Budapest, said he
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• (Continued from Page 1) ducted last month within
• mutual confidence."
the Urban League's 116 na-
• • Howard M. Squadron, tional
affiliates, Jordan said
of the Ameri- 74 percent said their views
• president
can
Jewish
Congress,
• siad, "We respect the de- on Jews had not changed
• • cisions of the Supreme since
the Young affair while
21 percent said their atti-
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believe that the court has
not yet completed the
task of defining the legal
limits of affirmative ac-
tion."
Reporting on a survery of
community leaders con-
tudes had "worsened." The
same survery revealed that
48 percent of the Jewish
community leaders re-
sponding said their views of
blacks had not changed and
that 25 percent said they
had worsened.
is "convinced" that Wallen-
berg, who would now be 67
years old, is still in Soviet
captivity.
New light on what actu-
ally happened to Wallen-
berg immediately after his
incarceration in Moscow's
Lubyanka Prison may be
shed later this month when
the Swedish government re-
leases the first part of its
huge dossier on the case.
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