The World Jewish Congress today called on the Argentine Government to “clean out” a secret “nest of Hungarian war criminals” who have migrated to that country since the end of World War II.
Citing a preliminary list of 15 Hungarians named as war criminals who have infiltrated into Argentina, probably by hiding their backgrounds, Dr. Robert R. Marcus, political director of the W.J.C., in a letter to Dr. Jeronimo Remorino, Argentina’s Ambassador in Washington, has requested that the list be transmitted to the Argentine Government for investigation.
“A continuation of their stay in Argentina,” said the letter, “which means ultimate Argentine citizenship for these heinous criminals, would not be in keeping with the democratic traditions of your country; while the extension of asylum to notorious persons of their category would be in contravention of the constitution of the International Refugee Organization (of whose Council your country is a member) which explicitly excludes war criminals from the benefit of its provisions.”
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