840.48 Refugees/8–3144: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Pinkerton) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:34 p.m.]
123. Retel 84, June 26, 6 p.m. Total Jewish immigration to Palestine for first 7 months of 1944 was 9,348 which included 5,290 from [Page 612] Europe. State of White Paper quota as of July 31 was as follows: 18,000 vacancies against which there were commitments amounting to about 12,000 leaving actual vacancies of about 6,000. These commitments were 5,000 certificates allotted to protecting power for veteran Zionist party members, persons escaping from Rumania for whom 2,000 reserved for next 2 months, and about 5,000 for unused past quotas including 2,000 provisionally reserved for wives of soldiers, deserters from armies rec [etc?]. Refugees through Turkey continue to be admitted without numerical limitation but persons from liberated territory and safe countries including Spain, Portugal and North Africa admitted only in unusual individual cases approved in Jerusalem. Jewish Agency continues to press for allotment covering Yemenite refugees now in Aden as it understands Aden Government may return them to Yemen unless provision is made for their maintenance which has heretofore been arranged by Joint Distribution Committee. JDC has advised Agency it will not be able to continue beyond September 3.
Immigrants charged against quota of 75,000 to July 31 were 37,000 legal and 20,000 illegal immigrants.