The British Government has information on the presence in occupied Poland of 268 Palestinians and 74 British subjects, it was announced in Commons today by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. They are equally divided among the Nazi and Soviet areas of Poland, he said.
Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a query by E.H. Keeling, declared that all were believed to be suffering considerable hardship and that efforts had been made to supply those in the German area with food parcels through the British Red Cross Order of St. John but the German Government had refused the necessary facilities.
With regard to those in the Soviet territory, the Red Cross was stated by Mr. Chamberlain to be examining the possibility of relief. The Prime Minister said that the British Ambassador at Moscow had sent members of the Embassy staff to organize and assist the withdrawal of the Britons and Palestinians and had made funds available for their relief.
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