The Central Committee of the Jewish Immigrant Camps on Cyprus, which previously denied British allegations that Communist agents ware among the Pan York and Pan Crescent immigrants, has revealed that three of the visaless immigrants were beaten after being interrogated by a British officer.
The committee told a Reuters correspondent that the Jews were not queried about visaless immigration but about “Soviet activities in Bulgaria and Rumania, particularly information concerning the number, nature and kind of Soviet vessels in the Black Sea, descriptions of Russian armaments in Bulgaria and details of Soviet troop movements.” When the three Jews said they know nothing of such matters the officer accused them of withholding information and beat them.
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