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TEL AVIV .b3 b7E 4. with the' Grand Rabbi. While details concerning the funds for.. Toans to. the new inmigrants. which are paid off oyer'a.long. ...periodof..time.... provided by American members of' thc movement. so. that 'expenses ...areminimal ''The.stay in Brooklyn averages three weeks during which . time one private audience is.scheduled with the Rabbi.., Several group sessions for men only are also 'arranged. . The balance of the time is spent.in prayer and study at the nearby Yeshiva ....which-is.associated.with.the..movement... a,philosophic objection to recognizing the State of.Israel : before. the arrival of the Messiah.- As a result, hisfollowers including Israeli President Shazar, travel.to .New York.to see him. .'Mst adherents who have applied for visas are of' Russian origin with a large percentage coming from. the Georgian. area. They generally appear to be simple, hard-working peasants who have an abiding fai.th in the Rabbi!s wisdom which apparently knows no.bounds... There 'are, however,: some professional and.educated adherents.in the' movement..... "washington and Moscow name checks are-conducted on' al1:. 'Soviet. imnigrants who apply, for US visas: ' To date, no derogatory information has developed concerning any of the Chabad members. while precise nunbers.concerning those who have .visited ... Schneerson are.not maintained, there have been approximately 110.inmigrants from the ussR who have made the trip .between. September,' 1971, and the present time.. . While there.is' a steady flow throughouttheyear.larger..groupstend to travelfor such : Special occasions as' the Rabbi's birthday and the Jewish holidays. REQUEST OF THIS. BUREAU: .The Bureau is requested .to. proyide Legat-with background information concerning subject, which may "exist in Bureau files or. files' of. the. New :York Office..