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

840.48 Refugees/2305a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson)

Washington, November 16, 1940—7 p.m.

3510. You may, at the request to us of interested Jewish groups in the United States, make a pro forma inquiry of the Foreign Office as to the veracity of reports which have been received by Jewish circles from Syria to the effect that the British authorities in Palestine will not permit 1700 refugees of German and Austrian origin to land from a Greek ship now off the Palestine coast and are suggesting that they proceed to Mauritius.

Welles