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The United States Political Adviser for Germany (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

59. In signal repeated to Agwar,93 reference No. SC—2811, USFET94 is instructing its missions to advise the governments concerned through diplomatic channels that the mass repatriation of French, Belgian, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norwegian, Danish, Czechoslovak, Soviet, and Yugoslav nationals is complete. Of these nationalities there now remain only scattered individuals and others with doubtful claims to these nationalities. Limited numbers of individuals claiming these nationalities will continue to be repatriated from the Soviet zone and from the US, British and French zones as they are identified and their nationality is established by their government liaison officers for repatriation. Nationals of the following countries remain to be repatriated from US, British and French zones: Poland, 910,000; Italy, 40,000; Greece, 3,400; Hungary, 135,000; Rumania, 34,000.

Murphy
  1. Adjutant General, War Department.
  2. United States Forces, European Theater.