The World Jewish Congress announced today that it had instructed its London office to present the following eleven point program concerning Hungarian Jews to the Intergovernmental Committee for Refugees when it opens its session in London tomorrow.
1. That the governments of the United States and Great Britain proclaim that Jews surviving in occupied Europe are under their protection and all who abuse their physical safety will be held accountable as if American or British citizens were concerned.
2. That the International Red Cross issue a statement that it considers all Jews deprived of freedom of movement in occupied Europe to be civilian internees entitled to benefit, by analogy, of the 1929 Convention on prisoners of war.
3. That the International Red Cross and the Churches make every effort to obtain for the surviving Jews in occupied Europe the said status of civilian internees.
4. That the United States and Great Britain declare that territories under their administration are open to all Jews who can be rescued, and that they are responsible for the maintenance and for the postwar settlement of all Jews granted asylum in any European country.
5. That the neutral countries declare their doors open to Jews escaping from occupied Europe.
6. That the governments of the United States and Great Britain demand of Hungary through the protecting powers to repatriate her Jews already deported and to establish machinery for care and protection in Germany and Poland for the already deported Jews until their repatriation.
7. That the International Red Cross increase its representation in Hungary so that at least one permanent delegate will be established in every important center.
8. That the funds pledged by Great Britain and the United States for the relief work of the International Red Cross be put at the disposal of this organization so as to permit it to carry out its work in behalf of Hungarian Jews.
9. That said governments work out forthwith a program of implementation regarding the evacuation of Hungarian Jews especially children, special consideration being given to Palestine as a country of refuge and Turkey as a country of transit.
10. That the food program for civilian detainees agreed to by the said governments and the International Red Cross give proper attention to Jewish internment, labor and extermination camps.
11. That immediate measures be adopted to destroy the murder installations and facilities of the extermination camps.
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