The erection of internment camps on Cyprus and maintaining visaless Jewish immigrants in them has cost the British Government $7,600,000 up to the present time, Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones announced today. He estimated that the cost of the camps alone, which will be charged to the Palestine Government, amounts to more than $4,600,000.
A Colonial Office spokesman revealed yesterday that the Palestine Government will in the future divide the 1,500 monthly quota of immigration certificates between the Cyprus Jews and displaced Jews now residing in the British zone. No part of the quota has been assigned to Jews in the American zones of Germany and Austria, except for a few who may have relatives living in Palestine.
The new policy will remain in effect until further arrangements are made after the resumption of the London conference on Palestine, the spokesman said. He added that the policy had been decided upon in November.
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