Information reaching Jewish leaders here today says that the Salzburg-Munich route used by Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe en route to the American zone in Germany is again open.
However, the border between Czechoslovakia and the U.S. zone in Austria remains closed. As far as can be ascertained here, the Czechoslovak authorities want guarantees that the number of Jewish refugees allowed to enter the American zone will not be deducted by the U.S. authorities from the number of Sudeten Germans that Czechoslovakia is being allowed to send into Germany. On the other hand, the military authorities feel that the arrival of the Jews complicates their task of screening the Sudetens.
The only route still open to refugees seeking to reach the American zone in Vienna from Czechoslovakia is across the Russian zone of Austria.
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