The U.S. may be considering voicing a public protest against Egypt’s expulsion and persecution of Jews, a State Department source indicated today. An official statement might be made before the United Nations. The State Department’s official position on reports of Egyptian anti-Jewish action remains one of “continued study.” It is known that the Department had indicated concern and may be negotiating unofficially with Egyptian leaders.
Sources within the State Department call the Egyptian action against Jews “deplorable.” But they feel that figures cited by Jewish groups on the extent of the Egyptian action are exaggerated and those cited by Egyptian sources minimized. Egyptian figures put the number of Jews effected “for security reasons” in the hundreds. Jewish and Western European sources report that many thousands of Egyptian Jews have already been effected while Egypt intends even more drastic action.
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