Intercepted Jewish Immigrants Will Also Be Sent to British Camps in North Africa

Official sources today refused to reveal the locations of camps other than those on Cyprus which are being prepared for thousands of Jewish immigrants who will be intercepted on their way to Palestine. It is believed that these immigrants will be taken to North Africa, to camps formerly used by the British Eighth Army.

From Cyprus it was reported today that the British authorities there intend to detain the deported Jewish refugees “until more permanent homes can be arranged for them.” Three ships with Jewish refugees were reported today as having reached Cyprus.

The report said that a law will be enacted giving the governor power to hold the “illegal” immigrants under military supervision from the moment they arrive until they depart from the island. The law is considered a temporary measure, but will be maintained until the fate of the Jewish deportees is decided. It was emphasized that none of the Jews will be permitted to become residents of Cyprus.

All replies from the governments of European states to Britain’s request for cooperation in controlling the flow of “illegal” Jewish immigrants to Palestine have so far been favorable, a Foreign Office spokesman stated this morning, except those received some weeks ago from the Rumanian Government and from the Soviet representative on the Allied Control Commission in Bucharest. No reply has yet been received from the Soviet Government in connection with the representation made last week-end in Moscow by the British Ambassador, Sir Maurice Peterson.

It was reported from Malta that Vice Admiral Sir William Tennant and Rear Admiral H.W. McCall left Malta today after discussions with Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, British Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Naval staff headquarters did not deny that Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean were discussed.