The first group of Jewish refugees to reach England from Japanese-held territory arrived here today. Included in a group of Czechoslovakian and Polish civilians who arrived from Shanghai by way of Lorenze Marques in Portuguese East Africa, under the scheme providing for the exchange of British and Allied citizens in the Far East, were 29 Polish and 14 Czechoslovakian Jews.
The refugees reported that the situation of the 900 Polish Jews remaining in Shanghai is precarious. Their only source of support is the East Jewish Committee which provides them with three-and-one-half dollars monthly, with which very little food can be purchased because of the high prices.
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