A seven-point memorandum outlining Jewish demands with regard to the refugee problem was submitted by the Jewish Agency to the United Nations Committee on Refugees and Displaced Persons, it was announced here today. The memorandum asks:
1. All Jewish refugees and displaced persons desiring to go to Palestine, should be assisted by the United Nations to do so.
2. Steps should be taken by the United Nations to facilitate the immediate admission of 100,000 Jewish refugees to Palestine.
3. The United Nations should provide assistance to the Jewish Agency in obtaining travel documents, transit visas and transportation for refugees.
4. Jewish displaced persons should be supported from international funds upon their reaching Palestine, and until they can secure employment.
5. An adequate portion of the funds available from reparations should be set aside for immigration and settlement of displaced persons in Palestine, and that money placed at the disposal of the Jewish Agency.
6. Other financial sources, such as the property of Jews who died hairless, should be used to supplement funds from reparations.
7. Arrangements should be made for the Jewish Agency to act in an advisory capacity to members of the United Nations on all matters relating to the settlement in Palestine of displaced Jews, as well as to cooperate with the U.N. Economic and Social Council on matters concerning refugee immigration to Palestine.
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