On the recordMay 23, 1991
We are delighted to announce that this morning at 7 a.m. Washington time, an emergency humanitarian airlift began which will transport the 18,000 Ethiopian Jews in Addis Ababa to Israel.
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
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