Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

867N.48/36: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Jerusalem (Wadsworth)

Washington, November 9, 1940—6 p.m.

Your 123, September 27, 2 p.m. In a letter which Rabbi Silver has addressed to the Chairman of the American Red Cross the statement is made that you have informed Kaplan⁵⁴ that on September 27 you had cabled the Department as follows:

“Palestine Jewry is faced with a real financial emergency in its efforts to meet various war-born problems, the absorption of indigent refugees, and unemployment resulting from economic dislocation as well as those of air-raid precautions, possible urban evacuation, medical aid and direct relief for air-raid victims.”

In as much as no such passage appears in your telegram under reference please telegraph the facts in order that the Department may be in a position to comment on the statement.

Hull

54. Elizer Kaplan, Financial Director of the Jewish Agency in Palestine.