The difficulties which Soviet authorities in Berlin are now making for rail travel today prompted HIAS headquarters here to cable to U.S. military authorities in Germany asking them to make available air transportation to displaced Jews in the American and British sectors of Berlin who have received U.S. immigration visas.
In a message to General Lucius Clay, U.S. commander in Berlin, Samuel A. Telsey, President of HIAS, pointed out that the recipients of U.S. visas are orphans, survivors of Nazi concentration camps and their children, who have waited years for their immigration quota numbers. The cable added that “further delay in their immigration would be deplorable.” Telsey also voiced the fear that some of the coveted visas might expire if there were a delay in transportation.
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