The Palestine Government, through its Chief Secretary John V. W. Shaw, today denied that German war prisoners are en route to Palestine to work on government construction projects. “I have no knowledge of the matter,” Shaw said.
The Chief Secretary stated that the procedure for distributing immigration certificates to Jews under the present quota of 1,500 visas a month will be the same as that used heretofore. He claimed that the recent emergency regulations dealing with immigration do not differ from the general provisions of Palestine’s immigration laws.
Asked by Arab newspaperman why collective punishment had not been imposed upon Jews for terrorist activities, the Chief Secretary replied: “The measures taken to combat terrorism are under constant review by the Palestine Government.”
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