The Board of Deputies of British Jews today expressed “disappointment” with the attitude of the Austrian Government concerning the payments of reparations to Jewish victims of Nazism in Austria.
While voting at its meeting yesterday not to press the British Government for any further action on this subject, the Board nevertheless decided to continue its efforts to obtain compensation for Jewish victims who had suffered losses as a result of Nazi actions in Austria.
Austria announced a month ago that it was ready to pay $6, 000, 000 under an agreement with the United States, Britain and France, consequent to the State Treaty under which the Great Powers, including the Soviet Union, recognized Austria’s renewed sovereignty. The Committee for Jewish Claims Against Austria had expressed its dissatisfaction with this offer, but agreed that the three Western powers had done their best in obtaining the $6, 000, 000 agreement from Austria.
A dissident group not connected with the Committee–called the World Organization of Jewish Nazi Victims from Austria–told the Board here today that it is not prepared to accept the Austrian offer, which it called “far from adequate.”
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