Members of the Jewish Agency executive who are touring Europe conferring with key officials in various governments have found at least a half-dozen countries friendly to Zionism and favoring partition as a solution to the Palestine problem, it was learned here today.
It is reported that these governments had to be convinced that all displaced Jews desired to go to Palestine, that the country could absorb them and, finally, that sufficient pressure could be brought to bear within the United Nations to influence Britain to surrender its mandate. The government leaders believed that terrorism must end in Palestine before a final decision so that Britain could consent to Jewish demands without seeming to bow to force.
Figures on visaless Jewish immigration available here indicate that the number of refugees arriving in Palestine this year has increased substantially over the same period last year. During the first four months of 1946 three ships with 1,898 passengers arrived in Palestine, while during the period from January through April of this year eight ships carrying 9,300 refugees arrived.
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