The Board of Deputies of British Jews will send a delegation to the United States to coordinate its activities with those of Jewish groups in American in connection with any representations that may be made to the San Francisco conference of the United Nations, Prof, Selig Brodetsky, president of the Board announced today.
Prof. Brodetsky said that he had discussed with high officials of the British foreign Office the question of war crimes against Jews, and that a memorandum on this subject is being prepared by the Board of Deputies for submission to the British Government. The Board, he added, is also preparing a statement on reparations in kind to Jews under the decisions taken by the “Big Three” at the Yalta Conference. This statement will be submitted to the appropriate authorities, he declared. He revealed that the foreign committee of the Board is considering steps to establish “firm contact” with the Jews of Soviet Russia.
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