Official sources today refused to disclose whether the United States Government will act on the recommendation of the International Red Cross that more Jews from Europe be admitted to this country. The Red Cross made the recommendation in connection with Hungary’s offer to permit Jewish emigration from Hungary. It is known, however, that the Red Cross plan is being given serious consideration by the government.
British sources in Washington today reported that Great Britain has accepted, but only in principle, the offer made recently by the Regent Admiral Nicholas Horthy to permit the emigration of Jews.
Other recommendations made by the International Red Cross to the U. S. Government include the suggestion that the State Department present a suggestion to Latin American countries that they, too, permit a larger immigration of Jews from Germanheld Europe. The delegation of the International Red Cross in Washington today expressed fear that the “premature disclosure” of the nature of its recommendations might “jeopardize negotiations.” A spokesman for the State Department declared today to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he had nothing to say about the matter at present. The War Refugee Board similarly refused for the time being to make any comment on the suggestions of the International Red Cross.
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