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840.48 Refugees/4874a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (Hayes)65

Washington, December 13, 1943—midnight.

2637. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs released on December 10, the text of a statement made before the committee by Assistant Secretary Long, regarding the refugee problem. This statement contained a resume of action taken by the American Government and by governments associated with it for the rescue and relief of these unfortunate people. Brief mention was made of the transportation to a camp in North Africa of the stateless refugees now in Spain.

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  1. The same on the same date to the Ambassador in Prance as No. 130.↩