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A 1689 GENERAL ASSEMBLEE 18 October 1948 . ASSEMBLY GENERALE ' ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

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PROGRESS RGPORT OF 'E3 UNITED NATIONS ACTING MEDIATOR FOR PALESTIXE

SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETIIRY-GENERAL FOR PANSMISSION TO "BE

ItEMEERS OF THE UNITED IfATIONS

(Supplement t o Document A/648 ( P a r t Three))

I n t rcduc t i o n

1. Secretary-General f o r transmission t o the members of the United Nations

(~/643 P e r t 111) the l e t s Mediator, Count Bernadotte, wrote:

In the l a s t paragreph of P e r t Three of h i e Progress Report t o t h e

"The choice is between saving the l i v e s of many thousands of

people now o r permit t ing them t o d i e . The s i t u a t i o n of the majority

of these hepleee refugees is already t r a g i c , and t o prevent them from

being overwhelmed by f u r t h e r d i s a s t e r ' and t o make possible t h e i r

u l t imate r e h e h i l i t e t i o n , it is my earnest hope t h a t the i n t e r n a t i o n a l

community w i l l give a l l necessary support t o make the measmee I heve

out l ined f u l l y e f f e c t i v e .

community ' t o accept i ts sha re of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the refugees of

P a l e s t i n e is one of the minimum condi t ions f o r the auocese of its e f f o r t s t o b r i n g peace t o t h a t lend."

I bel ieve t h a t f o r the i n t e f n a t i o n e l

2. The s i t u a t i o n which Count Bernadotte ou t l ined i n h i e r e p o r t and t h e

suggestions which he advanced t o meet t h a t s i t u a t i o n requi re elaboration

and, t o soma e x t e n t , modification i n t h e l i g h t of developments and a d d i t i o n a l

information acquired during the intervening per iod. Thin is the purpose of

the present r e p o r t ,

3 . amounts contr ibuted i n response t o the Mediator 's eppeel have been f a r from

adequate t o meet the need.

Arab S t a t e s end t h e refugees muet therefore look t o the generosi ty of the

The urgency of the need f o r aaeis tance has been accentuated. The

The probleoi is f a r beyond the capac i ty of the

Worlq..

me Present S i t u a t i o n 4. adequa.te end ef fec t ive s i d oomee quickly, t h e i r pos i t ion w i l l become

desperate within a few weeks.

i n preventable dee ths , espec ia l ly among chi ldren.

The s i t u a t i o n of the Peleet ina refugees is now c r i t i c a l , end unless

Indeed there i s a l ready a marked increase

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5;.; The . r a p i d ,.. deter%orat ion that.he'a s e t i n s ince the time of the Msdistor'e . . r e p o r t is due mainly t o th ree factors.

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(a), In the f i r b t pl.a.ca,- t h e refugees have been supported up t o now, p&ky by t h e i r own resources of oa,sh ana of foods tuf fs , and p a r t l y

by the resources of the governments of the 'various t e r r i t o r i e s i n which

they had taken s h e l t e r .

A t the o u t s e t , a s mentioned i n the Mediator 's r e p b r t , an a t tempt &E

made by tha go%5riIments Concerned I. Tran8jordan and Egypt undertaking the

actual . supply of foodstuff 's t o refugees i n the northern and southern a r e a s

of P a l e s t i n e respec t ive ly . t o provide 500 grams of f l o u r per person.

I n some a r e a s t h i s r a t i o n fell f i r s t t o 300 grams end then t o 150, and

u l t imate ly , i n the Nablus/Jenin e m s , regular d i s t r i b u t i o n e n t i q a l y

ceesed and an acute c r i s i s developed. Actual ceees of deaths from

s t a r v a t i o n a r e bwing repor ted with increasing frequency.

(a) Secondly, the approach of winter has made t h e question of e h e l t a r

a c r u c i a l one.

thousands of refugees were a b l e t o l i v e i n the open a i r o r under

makeshift t e n t s , but the on.a?t of c o l d and rc.lny weather, p a r t i c u l e r l y

i n the highar a l t i t u d e s whwr.8 h r g e ilumbart3 a r e s t i l l concentrated,

makes o ther arrangements e s s s n t i e l .

refugees ere liv!ng under t r e e s , without ahe1,tor of any kind; while

e t l e a s t 120,000 818 unprovidaa with b lankets , s ince the bulk of the

refugees l e f t thwir homes on f o o t a t s h o r t n o t i c e taking l i t t l e o r

n o t h i n g w i t h them.

s i t u a t i o n , which in t h s e a s l y @,begee had n o t been ser ious, is now beginning t o cause concern:

increase , end o ther @.iseaeee have 'R an a p p ~ a r a n c e .

( c ) involvad, t h e immense scope of the problem has now become more apparent .

Pa r t Three of the Mediator 's progress r e p o r t t e n t a t i v e l y placed t h e

t o t a l number of Arab refugees a t 360,000;

refugees within Jewish .cont ro l led t e r r i t o r y a t I l i O D 0 .

ifor Arab refugee8 I D U E ~ now be r e v i k d upwards t o 472,000 (see

Appendix A ) .

compLeta r e g i s t r a t i o n an6 t o t h e f a c t t h a t s a r ~ g who war8 temporarily

ab le t o support themEelveB have Cxha.;.ste1 t h e i r resources and e re

epplying for r e l i e f .

number of refugees 88 t h o e e - p l - e v i o ; l 3 ~ y . ~ ~ -h.i.'ing in I s r a e l i - h e l d

tarl-Ftary. fil.ter- ,throu& the i i n e s .

Both these reeowces Bra now running dry.

:

During the summer and e a r l y autumn hundreds of

Approxiwately 95,000 of t h e

Owing t o these c o n d i t i m s among others, tha h e a l t h

m a l a r i a arid typhoid a re markedly on the

Thirdly, B E e, r e s u l t of c a r e f u l inves t iga t ion of the numbers

and the t o t a l of Jewish

The f i g u r e

This very eubqtant ia l incraase i s p e r t l y due t o more

BUL 1.. is 41.~30 6x13 t o an increase in t h e ac tua l

I I I The prese?JiLdistributl 'on is

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i /apprciima t e l y

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approximately a s follows: , Palest ine:

North

South

Syria:

Lebehon :

?'ran8 jordan:

xgypt:

I raq :

- ( i ) The f i r s t s m a l l shipmento of food (o l ive and peanut o i l )

154,000

83,000

73,000 61,000

E8, ooo 9,000

4,000

472,000

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food from UNICEF a r r i v e d . Dis t r ibu t ion of a l l these

suppl ies - a f t e r some dalaya caused by unloading,

t ranspor ta t ion and o r g a n i z s t i o n s l d i f f i c u l t i e s - WBE h e g m

on 1 October.

The t o t a l tonnage of food received up t o 15 October i a

800 tons ( represent ing about 1% of the q u a n t i t i e s promised), of

which 240 tons ere UNICEF suppl ies cons is t ing of supplementary bb m o l l bo\oIj

(ii)

food r e s t r i c t e d t o i n f a n t s , p r a m a n t women and nursing mothers.

Forward edvicee of food on ahips a t eea o r a c t u a l l y on

wharves await ing shipment, o r dus t o a r r i v e within the next few

months t o t a l . 1,370 tons, of which 1,100 tons ( inc luding

1,000 t o n s of wheat) are from A u s t r a l i a . With the exception

of 30 tons of r i c e from Burma and s l i g h t l y more than 200 tons

of f l o u r bought by voluntary e o c i e t i e s i n America end forwarded

from Greece on prepayment in the Unitsd S t a t e s , n o o ther

c e r e a l s have been received, and t h e r e i s a g r e a t def ic iency i n

wheat, bar ley , m i l l e t , r i c e and maize, the s t a p l e d i e t of the

Araba. UNICEF has, i.t is t r u e , inc'ludad about 110 tons of r i c e

in i t s r e s i d u a l programme, which a i m a t providing a f u r t h e r

640 tons of var ious foods within i t s 60.-90 day range.

A s u b s t a n t i a l proportion of the above suppl ies has been

contr ibuted by var ious voluntary s o c i e t i e s and p r i v a t e

Foundations, among whom upec ia l mention' should ba made of t h e

World Council of Churches, Church World Service, I n c . , and tha

Near East Foundation.

Tha 2,890 tons of food which have so f a r been received o r a r e :>$

n o t i f i e d a s being a c t u a l l y foiwarded, would, i f they c o n s t i t u t e d

a ba1,anced r a t i o n , be squi-ralent t o the f'ood needs of the

refugees f o r l e a s t i p n a f o r t s i g h t .

a r e s u f f i c i e n t t o provide a very meagre supplsment, f o r six weeke

o r more; t o the bas ic s t a p l e s , i f the Arab Govemiments can

continue to provide these.

Once the donated suppl ies ( and the res idus promised, i f

rece ived) , a r e conscmed, ththore is a t present no o ther a i d i n

s i g h t .

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'Their a c t u a l c o n s t i t u e n t s

(b) S h e l t e r

( i) Some 95,000 refugeet? a r s withw.2: any s o r t of s h e l t e r .

Approximately 120,000 a r a vrithout blenkets ;

general ly ragged end insufficient. and c l o t h i n g is

The aapply depot of t h e

dd /Middle E a s t Land

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' Middle Ea.et Land Forces O f t he Tnnf.ta8 KPa@om. has .~ , j .. I provided 7,500 t e n t s of which 62,500 ,hd?e been rlecaivea end

a i e t r ibu ted , 4,000 are ' en route 'Lo BeZru'L; remaining 1,000 a re being d i e t r ibu ted i n Southern Palest ine

througb the Egyptian WveiilmanGt:i ..! It has a l s o provided k!j,OOO

blankets which l e f t Egypt on 12 Vctober;

Arab S t a t e s hee secured 32,000 molia; Requests elsewhere

have ee y e t been f r u i t l e s s . ' .The t e n t s provided srs equal t o

t h e needs of eome 75,000 t o 80,000 persons only;

blanlcats w i l l cover j7,OOO of thd '120,000 absolutely without any such provision ~t present .

end the

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while the

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Clothing

( i ) (c) --

Ae regards clothing, the World CoUncj l.lof Ghurohes and Lutheren

World Sarvice (USA) have alreedy sent forward 100 be lee of 100 pounds weight aech which a r e being d i s t r ibu ted and a

fu r the r ' quen t i ty of 384 belee from Church Wonld-

Service Inc . , (W,) is Lue t o e 7 r i v e : e t t he end of October.

To hake it sui tab le f o r us$ by tb.6 Arabs, ' the c lothing

received is a p t t o need considerable modificetion.

exception of the jacket worn by men, t h e men'e dress, of veet (sedirah) Persian t rqasere (shirwal) ,underireer and

headdrase (eilcE.1) and the iuomen's shirwal., Ealebieh end tarha

a r e ell vary d i f f e ren t from European s t y l e p.rmente,

appeal was therefore made f o r e quant i ty of c lo th su f f i c i en t

t o c lo the 200,000 persona;

t h i e meter ia l , the women refugees migh t have something t o do,

with conseguent improvement of m o r a l e .

forward 2000 metres of cotton cloth, b u t other than t h i s , there

hae been no response t o t h i e requfe t .

With the

An

i t wee hoped a l so t h a t i n making up

Turkey I s sending

(a) Protect ion aga.inst Disease

(i) Ae mentioned i n the r epor t of the Hediator, cer ta in medice,l

s t o r e s and inoculation mater ia ls w%-e provided by the Government

of Egypt and, by Red Crose end Red Crescent soc ie t i e s f o r the

protect ion of the rafvgeas.

ant i - typhoid, anti-cholera and ant i -diphther ia veccinee and lymph for anti-smallpox inoculat ion,

end ant i -dyeenter ic drugs end considerable quan t i t i e s of

rou t ine medicines, instrumante., h o s p l t d . suppl ies , goods and

garmente were aleo- included

They inclnded pa r t i cu la r ly

Sgecif ic a n t i - m a h r i a l

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/ ( i i ) Protect ivei

I , , Oving t o t h e f a c t t h a t very l imitud s tEL( f could b e ass igned

f o r t h i s p ro jac . t , it was neaesaary t o iacent ra l : : . re t h e

a c t u a l d i s t r i b u t i o n , which i:as Dl.7ced i n tine hands of t h e

Governments concerne2., act:_.,?g i h r o u @ !.ocEl Arab committees.

The P r o j e c t i t s e l f hao fxom t k e s t a r t ?e.;ied h e a v i l y on t h e

secondment of qua l i f ie r1 >S.:VGI a s 1 from ot,lier o r & a n i z s t i o n s .

The p r e s e n t s t a f f con: : i s to of a D i r e c t o r , a Chief SupBly

Off icer (UIiISIF) , a Chiei: h!edx:al Of i i c . 3 r (WED), e F i e l d

Supe rv i so ry I 4 e l i r s i Office:., e Cor.e,!ltriit on Fie1.d

P lann ing ( IRC) , sir LI .i

p o i n t s ( m e ~ ~ . u o r . ; . . : t i r m &:), i: '!&zin>nt:et-ve O f f i c e r , a

Finance O f f i c e r s n i t h i x s c c r o t a r l j f i .

The need f a r c o - n r d i n a t i o ? of c z i i v i t i a s ;iith!.n zn i n t e g r a t e d

p l a n , t o p revan t bhc dupJ ; i s t i . r : rihich +'i k y a p t t o occur

i n E n e r i e s of p a r a l l a l t.pgerb'c;unea ve ; j r6cogii.zed from t h e

o u t s e t . Ac t ive co-o iv i$ t :x , ..:i,'', t h a k o b ? i ta tan hae bsen ensurecl 1;;' t h e pro.":oim i: :: L: ' . ::f:icc of the

D i s a s t e r . BaXiG P . r c j ~ c L c? ?r I ..',L: 21, O f f i c e r . Cloee

l i a i s o n i s a l s j m 2tilii1sd :.: <I. i::U ~ : ~ 1 ; ~ ~ ; : 3 t i o ~ 3 1 . Zed Cross . A f o r t n i g b t l y , , s e t in& .:? 11;. '72::~?63i3d r,ol??ntef'y a o c i a t i e s

' i s h e l d 3 t Beiru+ ::or t h e in'-,ci:;ckccgo bf I

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w i l l mean a pr,o&ressive d e a t h - r o l l from exposure.

suppl iea which a r e on the way should be adequate u n t i l the end of November,

asaumi,ng t h a t the Arab Govehments can continue t h e i r present small r a t i o n s

t o the refugees u n t i l . then.

should however, be s a t no t l a t e r than 1 December 1948. 10. requi red , . . and the number of refugees t o be cared f o r throughout t h a t per iod

w i l l , depend upon various a l t e r n a t i v e s t h a t havo a l ready been s t reaaad in the

Mediator 's rppor t , p a r t i C U b r l y the prospects of r e p a t r i a t i o n and/or the

establishi!.!g of the refugees a s self-support ing u n i t s i n some area8 o ther

than those i n which they formerly l i v e d .

11. For the purpose of drawing up a budget, t h e r e f o r e , c e r t a i n a r b i t r a r y

aasumptions must be made:

A s regards food, the

The opening of a new phaaa of feeding operations

The per iod f o r which i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l i e f f o r the refugee8 w i l l be

( i ) A period of nine months, from 1 December 1948 t o 31. August 1949 (when the next harves t w i l l be i n ) he8 been t e n t a t i v e l y s e l e c t s d

a 6 a baBi9 f o r the ca lcu la t ion of food requirements. The

provision of s h e l t e r and c l o t h i n g w i l , l , of CoulBe, r e p r e s e n t a

f i x e d charge i r r e s p e c t i v e of the number of months involved.

Full r a t i o n s f o r 500,000 persona over t h a t per iod a r o assumed

t o be necessary, no allowance being made f o r any t a p e r i n g off i n numbers t h a t would r e s u l t from r g p a t r i a t i o n o r l o c a l absorpt ion.

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1 2 .

13. I n assess ing the needs of the refugaes it haa been borne i n mind t h a t

t h e g r e a t mejor i ty e ra accustomed t o s tandards of food, c lo th ing , s h e l t e r

and medical care f a r below the averages genera l ly found in Europe.

re fugee schemes successful ly c a r r i e d out in the Middle Eas t under the

League of Nations(') provided food. s tandards which would. appear q u i t e

inadequate f o r "Western" count r ies , and were c a r e f u l l y drawn t o avoid the

p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t refugees, a s a r e s u l t o f the a s s i s t a n c e furniahsd t o them

might be b e t t e r off than the l o c a l l y r e s i d e n t working population.

Food

14. t h e s t a p l e d i e t c o n s i s t s of g r a i n s and pulses .

c e r e a l is whest;

b a r l e y , mi1,let and ma ize .

neighbouring lands vary enormous1.y from year t o year , and i n bad years

The budgetary estimate a t tempts t o coyer total re,quirements.

The

- A high proportion of t h e refugees come from fasms and VilhgOS, where

By f a r the:moat important

some of the e p i c u l t w a l d i s t r i c t s , however, POW mainly

Moreover, wheat y i e l d s in P a l e s t i n e and

('1 Armenians in Lebanon and Syria from 1920 onwards, Asayrians i n Syz-ia 1.933 onwards.

dd /even t h e people

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even the p&$~.+b~. : im

m e a s , p a r t i c u l a r l y l e n t i l s , a re a l s o a n ' i i p o r t i n t it& of a25 g ccimauiits DT vege.t&Ies,' f r u i t , nu ts end edibie

%a% whe,at' . . m@e.t $2.1 , ..!i'. back on o the r ' c i r ea l e . ,.. .. i : ,,?

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61% i t s products (butter ;an$ cheese). are dbta.ined from '

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goats, aljd"tb"a' lease$ exten t fromishaep, camels and catt le. t h e m food' 'it&$'are of ten lacking or sva i l ab le only in very sma

and there i&'$:.&&&tanti shortage a l s o of animal pro te in and animal

consequent 'ha of v a r i e t y : i n d i e t and sometimes d e f i n i t e de f io i

vitamin contrjnt.

15. The essential food requirements of the refugees a r e cerea ls .end pulses, end t o a smLher ex ten t , f a t s , sugar, and enimal protein in some fqrm; w i t h milk powder f o r t he specie1 needa of chi ldren, pregnent wcmen,,and n u r s i n g

mothers.

d i e t on t h i s b i6is .

refugees for a per iod of n i n e months, the item t o t a l s $1.3,480,425.

Some '

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An attempt has been made t o ca lcu la te B temporary maintenance , : Estimeting such $ d i e t i n d o l h r s f o r half a ,mi l l i on , . : . . , . .

(See Appendix B). Clothing

16. the needs of the Arabe +rho wear very d i f f e r e n t typee of germents.

s e r i e s of l o c a l enquir iee ehowe t h a t e f l a t r a t e per head of $12.00 would

meet a1.1, e s s e n t i a l requirements.

d i s t r ibu t ion t o each rafugeo i n the couree of the year, c lothing f o r 500,000

a t t h i s f i p r e w i l l r equ i r e an expenditure of $6,000,000.

B l a n ke,ts

17. in the highlands f o r people qui te unprovidsd vfith me.ttreese6 o r bedclothes.

One s leeping mat per p,erson f o r 4 cut of 5 of the refugees, i . e . f o r 400,000

paople at $1.00 per head, end a blanket a t $3.50 for each of 1.45,OOO

personEl, i . e . f o r 45,000 present ly t o t a l l y unprovided, and, dur ine the

next nine months, of 2& of 0.11 88 replacements (100,000) together w i t h a minimum provision of h o s p i t a l cots, come s u f f i c i e n t l y close i n coat t o

$1,000,000 t o be recorded a t t h a t f igure .

Sheltel. M. The provision of s h e l t e r meane i n e f f e c t t h e provision of t en t s .

The purchases a k o a d y made ha.ve met the needs of 75,000 t o 80,000 persons.

There remains 20 t o 25,000 who will. require 2,000 t e n t s f o r t h e i r s h e l t e r .

A s new t e n t s c o s t $1.00.00 each, t h i s i s equivalent t o $200,000.

19, Western Cermany, e t 3 cen ts pe r person per day, and thus reach a f i g w e

Of $3,600,000. ad i /include the

Eetimates based on standard "Western" c lo th ing a re inapplicable t o

A

Since it i s necessary t o envisage one

The question of b lankets r e c a l l s the e spec ia l s eve r i ty of , the winter <, :

Rou,tine ;viedice1 Maintenance Costs ere 9Stimatt?d, from experience in L__,

While t h i s does include preventive inoculations it doee no t

include the cost of combattily aqf ac tua l epidemio, ths hatuYe ant extent of

trhich, na tura l ly , could not be :an t ic ipa ted ,

need separate g I& pjrovisiori, hnd expert htisistance from . . appropriate

special ized agencies.

20.

E, ae is pose ib l e , , a considerable quantity of the food consumed by the

Arabs i n l oca l ly grown, overseae costs w i l l be corresponding& reduced.

On the other hand, l o c a l t ransportat ion by motor services t o supplement

l o c a l railway services i s cost ly - and because of the small carrying

capac i t ies of the railways may also be extensive. f o r overseas cos t s and $3,5OO,OOO f o r loca l t ransportat ion, have been

reached by a s tudy of the somewhat speculative information avai.?.able.

21. It w i l l be obvious t h a t estimation on the b a s i s of cos ts i n hard

currency countr ies so far as food, c lothing, t e n t s , e t c . are concerned may

proviae a bas is for la ter eavilys. 22.

b y such occurrence . ,. would , I

a ,

l ' ransportation Costs a re partly overseas cos ts and par t ly l o c a l costs. . . . . .

Figures of $2,000,000

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Estimated cos t s m q , t en ta t ive ly , be eummarized as follows: . .

Food

Clothing

Blanirets - sleeping mats Shel ter

Routine medical maintenance cos t s

Transportation

Dverseas

Local

23. These figures do not include administrative costs . The present

administrative staff, as previously mentioned, t o t a l s s ixteen. If the

funct ions of the Disaster Relief Pro jec t i n a long-range plan are t o be

similar t o those a t present undertaken, t h i s number w i l l need t o be increased

t o f i f t y owing t o the g rea t bulk of goods t o be handled. On the other

hand, if the r e spons ib i l i t i e s are t o be increased t o include actual ' '

supervieion of refugees i n camps or ;herever they may be grouped o r locat.ed,

a cOnGiderable expansion of staff ( m a i n l y among su i tab le refwee poreonnel)

w i l l be necessary.

24. and needs t o be added t o the t o t a l s e t ou t above.

Acknowledgements

25. bene f i t of valuable technical help from.the representat ives of the WHO and

O n the b a s i s of a otaff of f i f t y , an estimnte of $5,OOO,OOO has been &de

. , , .

Ln preparing the present r epor t , t he Acting Mediator has had the

:the E30 who dd

t h e I R O who Were aaconded t o work With the United Nations Mission, upon

request ;

WEE good 0nGUgb t o Send urgent ly t o the a r e a , a l s o Upon X’EqUeEt O f the

and from the 8 C ; r i C U l t U r 8 1 and nUtr i t i0Dal Experts whom the FAO

Mediator. Much of t h e m a t e r i a l thus provided has been incorporated i n the r e p r t ; the Acting Mediatos h a s n a t u r a l l y axercised f u l l d i s c r e t i o n I n the

use of ell mater ia l made avai lable t o hjm f o r the purposes of the r e p o r t ,

fo r t h s contents of which he a8aumea E O l E responsibility.

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n/689/Corr .I ASSEMBLE€ 19 October 1948

G EN ERALE ORIGIN&: ENGLISH

C O R R I G E ~ U M TO ' I l l 2 PROGRESS REPORT OF THE ACTSNG

EIFDIIITOR 01 BLESTD:

1. I n pwagraph 7 (a) (ii) t,he word8 " r e s t r i c t e d t o in fan t s , pregnant

women and nuning mothero" ohould read " r e s t r i c t e d t o ch i ldren , pregnant

vmen and nurning mothera."

2. The figure concludirE pare.graph 17 should be: $1.3,200,00!3

3. P a r a q a p h 22 ahould read a3 follows:

Food $13 200 000 Clothing 6 000 000 Blan1tet.s - oleeping mats 1 000 000 She l t e r 200 000 Routine yledicril maintenance cooto 3 600 003 Transportat ion

Overman 2 300 000 Local 3 500 ooo

$29 500 900

4. I n paragraph 24 the f igure "$5,000,000" should read "$50O,OOO".

d rJ.

United Nations Nations Unies 7mNRESmICmD

A/689 /Add .1 . GENERAL ASSEMBLEE 19 O c t o b e r 1948

ASSEMBLY,, 8 4 GENERALE , ~ ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

, i . .

APPENDICES TO FROGRJ3SS REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS ,

~ A C T ~ G MEDIATOR FOR PALFSTINE SUBMITJIXD TO rn - .., , :., ,.

. SECRETmY-GENERAL FOR TRANsMISSION ., ,.,!?. TO T€33 . ..

KEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIdNS

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/APPENDIX A

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1. ' F r o m the S t a t i s t i c a l kbstrabC' of Pe.lestine 1.944-45', -8th "editioii"

(No. 1-5 of 1946 - Government Pr ln te r , Pa les t ine) ;- -i-t.-appears (page.-16) t h a t . . . : ct the census of 1931 the population of Palest ine included 693,147 Moslems;

174,606 Jowsws; 88,907 Christinns; and 10,101 others (mainly Druzee). The estimates f o r 3 1 December 1945 ahowed the following t o t a l s :

Jews 554,329; Chris t ians 139,285; and others 14,858. 2, t o cause understatement i n the estimates of the Jewish pOpUbtiCn, the

Government S t a t i s t i c i a n s ta ted t h a t an attempt was made t o revise these

f igures de f ac to "from current estimates of t h e Department of S t a t i s t i c s of

t he Jewieh Agency and from those of the Food Controller" (page 16). these bases a f igure of 579,227 Jews woe reached, and was accepted as a

"rather conservative" t o t a l , f o r 31 December 1945. 3. From 1931 t o 1945, therefore , t he Moslems who hav

(over 50 per'1000) Increased t o the extent ' of 49 per c

whose b i r t h r a t e i n Palest ine i s -30 per $000, increased.; "mainly by migratory

increase" t o the extent of 230 per cent,

4. the Moslem, a r u r a l one.

r e l a t i v e l y end absolutely the larger par t of c i t y populations.

exmple, only 138,220 of the 553,600 Jews i . e . 25 per cent of the de f a c t o

oetimate fo r t h a t year (op.cit.Tables - 9 and 11, pages 21 ond 22.) l ived i n rural areas , as against 693,820 of the 994,724 Moslems (87.5 per cen t . ) .

5 . bt the da te of t h i e report , the Jewish forces oc.cupy the sub-diotr ic ta

of Jaffa , Ramleh, Haifa, Nazarbth, Beison and Tiber ias , a large par t of the

sub -d i s t r i c t s of Acre and Safad, t he coas ta l s t r i p of t he Tu1,karm sub-dis t r ic t , and the new c i t y a rea of Jerasulem.

6. Tiber ias (increased a r b i t r a r i l y by 10 per cent f o r the period 1945-48 t o

correspond with the increase of 1942-45) t o t a l 350,800 persons.

7. plus 10 per cent) t o t a l 100,870 of whom 20,689 were i n the two c i t i e s

themsel-ms.

by Jewish troops. From l o c a l observation it i s considered ju s t i f i ab le t o add 70,000 persons from these sub-d is t r ic t s t o the poten t ia l refugee t o t a l .

8. The Moslem population of Jerusalem (1944 f igures plus 10 per cent) was

33,690;

ad /and from

Number of Refugees . . , . t . .

, -

Moslems 1,035,0122;-

I 1 ! 1

A s incompleteness of records of immigration by the Jews had tended

On

very high b i r th ra t e .. . l_

; ' and the Jews,

:: :i!; .. I n ac tua l d i s t r ibu t ion ; t he Jews are essen t i a l ly ' an urban population;

The Jewe with t h e i r smaller population form

I n 1944, f o r

--

The Moslem populations of J a f f a , Ramleh, Haifa, Nazareth, Beisan and

The Moslem populations of Acre and Safad sub-d is t r ic t s (1944 f igures

A considerable par t of these sub -d i s t r i c t s i s s t i l l unoccupied

from 1,oCal observation about 6,000 remain. For t h e Jerusalem area

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a n d from t h e c o s t a l s t r i p of t h e Tulkarm s u b - d i s t r i c t , another 70,000 persons

might j u s t i f i a b l y be added t o t h e po6ent ia l refugee t o t a l .

Moslem population of the s u b - d i s t r i c t s mentioned i n paragraph 6 is added, t h e

t o t a l p o t e n t i a l Moslem refugees from a l l a r e a s occupied, bg Jewish t roops

w i l l , be 490,800 persons.

9. of P a l e s t i n e , and a "considerable majority" of those are Arabs.

75 per cent of them a r e added, say 80,000, leaving only 24,786 f o r a l l groups

o r na t ions toge ther o ther than Jews and Arabs, the absolu te p o t e n t i a l ref=

t o t a l fo r men, women, and ch i ldren would be 570,800 persons.

10. The Jewish a u t h o r i t i e s , ' however, have s t a t e d t h a t t h e r e a r e from

50,000 t o 80,000 Arabs sirill wjtliin t.he t e r r i t o r y occupied by t h e i r f o r c e s .

If t h i s is the case, the number of refugees could 'be estimated t e n t a t i v s l y

a t a f i e u r e p o t e n t i a l l y between 490,800 and 520,800 - say 500,000.

11.

between 740,000 and 780,000:

F r o j e c t , however, have f a i l e d t o s u b s t a n t i a t e such f i g u r e s . In the most

n o r t h e r l y a r e a , f o r example, (North S y r i a ) a f i g u r e of 30,000 refugeee wae

quoted, d i o t r i b u t e d a s fallowe: Lat takieh 5,000; Aleppo 10,000; Earn 7,000;

and Home 8,000.

numbers a t these places were 880; 8,000; 3,500; and 3,200 respec t ive ly ,

and thh t o t a l Y T ~ Q riot 30,000 b u t only 15,800. Similar examples have been

found elsewhere.

12.

t h e present d i s t r i b u t i o n of the refugees is a t thi.8 date approximately a8

fol lows :

.,: ..

I? t h e whole

But there are a l s o 89,716 C h r i s t i a n s and 15,070 "others" i n these areae If over

E s t i m t e s made by Arab a u t h o r i t i e e go nuch higher and reach t o t a l 8 of

checko made by o f f i c e r s of t h e Disaster Relief

Actual i n v e s t i g a t i o n showed t h a t i n round f i g W e e th@

On t h e b a s i s gf es t imates made by o f f i c e r s of the Disaster Rel ie f P r o j e c t ,

P a l e s t i n e North 154 000* South 83 OOO*

Syr ia 73 ooo* Lebanon 61 ooo Transjordan 88 OOO* QYPt g 000 I r a q 4 000

472 000

The d i s t r i b u t i o n , espec ia l ly i n t h e l o c a l i t i e e marked by an a s t e r i s k , is

changing da i ly ; under t h e impetus of cold o r r e p o r t s of l a r g e r food suppl ies .

a r e a t present most evident away from Tranejordan and North P a l e s t i n e and

towards Syr ia on the one hand and South P a l e s t i n e (Gaza) on the o ther .

a c t u a l t o t a l is a l s o r i s i n g and w i l l , it is believed, reach 500,000 wi th in

t h e next few weeks.

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there is a constant f low of refugees from place t o place

These movements

The

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APPENDIX B

The estimated number of refugees accepted as a basis f o r calculat ion

i s 500,000.

heavy b i r th - r a t e , nnd on the average of the years 1926-44, 18.6 pe r cent of

the population i s between the ages of 0-4 years, while a fur ther , l 3 . l p e r cent

i s bctween 5-9 years.

males of mi l i tc ry age omong the refugees i s natural ly smnller than it would

otherwise be, and i n f l a t e s age diotr ibut ion percentages of other groups.

Children of 0-4 yeare require o hal f -d ie t and those f rom 5-9 yeare a threc-quarters d i e t . They therefore save 12.7 per cent of the food

rcquirbmcnte or s l i gh t ly more than 62,500 d i e t s , redilcing the 500,000 t o

437,500.

Not a l l these, however, a re adul ts ; the Arabs have a very

The ac tua l percentage i s higber, since the numbers of

. . . ,

On the basis of a d i e t of 2,000 ca lor ies and estimating the period as

t e n months, the following estimate i n dollars f o r goods delivered a t Beirut

wcs provided by an off icer seconded by the &iterne.,tl,onal Refugee Organization

t p thc Disas tm Relief Project.

zpproximately 10 per cent f o r cost of ccrriage;

f o r a nine-months' es againet a ten-months' programme. The ca lor ie ,va lue

accepted i s 1,800 as against 2,000 i n the or ig ina l estimate;

number t o be fed i s calculated at 437,500 f u l l d i e t s ~16 ogoinst an or ig ina l

estimate of 400,000 persons.

I

It i s necessary t o reduce t h i s f i g r e by

and the r e s u l t by 10 per cent

while the

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REQUUIREMENTS OF FOOD AND COST

(Original astimote)

To ta l - Cost - Per person To ta l ’ p ~ r day: ( In grmmes) - tans: ( I n dOllQrB) { I n Y G i b r s )

- metric pe r ton: cost : _-

Mhset )

1 Bar ley A l l as wheat f l o u r 440 52 800 139 00 7 339 200

35 4 200 176 00 739 200 35 4 200 202 00 848 400 20 2 400 660 00 1584 000

Sugw (Cuba) 25 3 000 182 00 546 000 Conned meat) 20 2 400 700 00 1680 ooo Carlned f i sh ) Cheese 1 beef

) A l l c s

M i l k : - Spray powder (non-fat)

LOC& f r u i t s and vegetables;

” (whole)

e t c . :

143 ca lor ies per any a t .02c per person

400,000 x $ 0.02 x 300

i 666 305 00 508 130 834 1 0 2 1 60 842 014

2 400 000

$ 16 486 944

Thc f igure of $16,486,944 doea not include carriage on l o c a l f r u i t and

ve@tab.blas, hut, does ( a t 10 per cent) upon $14,086,944 worth of other

prodlice. Subtract ing o corresponding mount, the ne t f igure becomes

$12,578,250.

i o $ll,32O,k25, t o which it i s necessary t o add $2,160,000 for f r u i t ond

vegetables (nine months) making e new t o t a l of $13,480,425.

The value of the food estimated a t nine months instead of t e n

A reduction from 2,000 c i l a - i e s t o 1,800 ca lo r i s s i s expressed i n cost

by a fu r the r reduction of 10 par csnt i n t h i s f i gu re , which provides a t o t a l

of $12,032,380 f o r 400,000 people.

437,500 persons requi res an addi t ion of $U2,800 or a f i n a l f igure of

$L3,160,380, Bag. $13,200,000.

To bring t h i s t o the t o t a l f o r

This represents a a ie ta ry unit of approximately 11 cents da i ly per person.

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APPENDIX C

SHIXTvIENTS RECEIVED BY 11 OCTOBER 1948

V& Date of-Arrival Cargo

BOSPHORUS 12 Septeinber 48 Olive o i l

pRO'VlDENCE 1 4 September 48 Peanut o i l

EXEMPLAR 16 Sepiember 48 S a l t DDT Corned beef Corned mutton Margarine sugar Milk, powdered

MPIRE ROACH 20 September 48 Tents Sacking Bedsteads

ANORIR 20 September 48 S a l t

MONTAGUE - .

5 October 48

DIANA 5 October 48

ISABELLE 6 October 48

EXCHEQUER 7 October 48

DDT Corned mutton Margarine sugar Milk, pmbred

Meat and Gravy Cheese Lard Flour DDT Olive o i l

ME-dlcal supplies

Olive o i l

Cheese Milk, powdered Milk, condensed

Clothing

* LM.WimRos 15 September 48 Fish food

* BEREFORDSHIRE 30 September 48 Rice

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The l a s t two vessels unloaded i n E m p t .

I

Quantity

30 tons

10 tons

40 sacke 29 drums

1667 cartons 1150 cases

834 cartons 200 sacks

2000 cartons

2500 eacl? 1000 ya rds

50 each

40 sacks 36 drums

2200 cases 400 cases

. .

200 Sacks 2000 cartons

7022 cartons 1571 came 2929 t i n s 5595 Sacks

525 casea 10 tons

6 cases

20 tons

Source

French Government

UNICEF

B r i t i s h Government

UNICEF

American- Arabian O i l Co. through ECA Greece

Government

Red Croso

Greek

Greek

I t a l i a n Government

50 tone swiss 12 112 tons Government 37 112 tons

100 bales Lutheran Church Service

70 tons Norwegian Government

30 tone Burme 8 e Government

winm B e i r u t

PRB. STEYN Alexandria

rn.II0Irn sucz

NYHORN suc 2

IzELir I G Be i r n t

B O R W I S Beirut

A P ~ I X c (continued)

Probable Arrivdl

18 October 46

Mid-October

End October

End October

End October

End October

Quantity Remarks Cnr&o

Seaame o i l 20 tona Turkish Dried f r u i t 50 tons Government

Meat

C k e S e Butter Wheat

Wheat

Clothing

Pifikarcni

984 cafiea South African Govermant

50 ions AusCrclian 30 tons Government

599 tona

500 tone

384 ba les Chnroh World Service, Inc.

667 cases UNICEF

7 h

APPENDIX D

REFIJGFES : R E F L E S FROM COUNTRIES TO WHICH TELEGRAMS REQUESTING BPECDIC COMMODITIES WERE DISPATCHED

(15 Octobsr 1948)

QUANTITIES PROMISED COUXTRY COMMODITES REQUESTED REPLIED 16 AUGlBT

KRGEXTINE 500 torio wheat 150 tons nest

50 tons bu t t e r 50 tons dr icd fruit

MJSTFALIA l , [ T C J tone wheat 25 Augtist (full q u a n t i t y ) 50 tons cheese 50 tone butter

1,1000 tons whoat 50 tons cheese 50 tons bu t t e r

EELGIIM 50 tons peas 25 August in temedin te r e p l y 50 tons har ico t beans 1 Octobor f u l l q u a n t i t y

BRAZIL 150 tons neat 27 August intermediate r e p l y 25 tons dried f r u i t

BURMA 300 tons r ice 19 August intermediate r e p l y 1 September 30 tons r i c e a r r ive

30 September 1948 ( w i l l try fiupply balance)

C fNRDfL 1,500 tons what 27 Augdst 5n temedia tc r e p l y 50 tons cho~sc . 21 Septeitber oifer c m e d f i s h uld 50 t o m egg powder dr ied app le s

CHLLZ 200 ton3 potatoes md general l i s t

CUBA 250 tonu s*gar

FWLNCE 30 toll3 O i l 28 Auguat ( f u l l q u p f i t y ) ( i n c l . North 150 tons dr ies fruit 30 tohe o i l African 150 tons f r u i t ,C clonie e ) 40 tons o i l nrrived

12-14 September 1948

dd /GREECE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

c 0 m Y COMMODITrES IIEQIIXSTED REPLIED QUWTITIES PROMiS3D 16 AUGLET

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GKEECE 10 t o n s o i l 30 Augo-ot i n t e rmed ia t e rep* 31 august 10 tons o i l

erri-ved 5 October

H U T 1 100 t ons sugar 1 Saptenber n i l

IREL.QTD 200 ton3 po ta toes 26 A U ~ ~ I F . ~ ( i d 1 quant , i ty ) 200 tons potetoes ewziting a9aice

ITf’LY 20 tons o i l 21 August ( f u l l q u m t i i y ) 20 tons o i l a r r i v e d 5 October B e i r u t

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

mmPLAND9 50 tono p o e s 25 August ( f u l l q u a n t i t y ) 50 t ons h a r i c o t beans $0 t o n s peas

( awe i t ing &&vice) . . . . 50 t o n s h j r i c o t E&ns

INDONESIA 350 t ons r i c e 250 tono suga r

25 August (caking if i n co-opera t ion with Netherland6 Goverrient)

(will try supply i n 4 September f u l l ) 350 tons r i c e 250 t o n s sugar ( awc i t ing idv ice )

hBW ZEA’LEXTD 500 tons wheat or bilrley 21 September (no wheat or b w l e y ) 50 t o n s bu t te r 25 t o n s milk p0wi?i3r

Shipping 50 t ons b u t t e r 25 ton; niLk pcwder

IU0E;WAY 50 tons f i s h 20 h U g J . 3 t ( f u l l e i m m t ) 50 tons f i c h arrived 15 Beptcmber

PilILzIPPINEs 250 ~ O A W r i c e 100 tone sugrr

27 August n i l

. . ...... - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--.-. - _

COUNTRY COMMODITTES REQUESTED REPLIED QUANTITIES IROMISED 16 AUGUST

....... .. . . .

SwT'P7.,Ernrn 50 tons cheese 20 August ( f u l l q ~ J m t l t y ) 20 tons milk powder 50 tons cheem

i2 .5 tona I!UB p o d e r 37.5- ton3 condensed m i l k arrived 6 October

. . . . .

~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TlJRKJ3Y 20 tonfi oil 9 September Iriternediato reply 50 ton5 dried f r u i t 1 October 20 tons o i l

50 tons dr ied f r u i t care of I . R . C . ilue 18 0ct ' ;ber

UNION OF 500 tons Wheat 21 August 50 tons n e r t Solm AFRICA . 50 tons meat (no wheat)

due 15 Octuber

1JRUGUP.Y 100 tons meat

12 August b l O r ? , O O O ( f o r tentage (SEC. Cncl) and mediczl supplies

from Beer East)

i UNITED STATES 2,500 tons wheat 22 August (working with vo lmta ry , OF AMERICA 100 tons meat agencies t o provide

50 tone cheese q u a n t i t i e s ) , No 50 tone bu t t e r g o v e r n e n t d aid 20 tons D I E available

___ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

!a

/APPENDIX E

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Page 11

REFUGIBIS : REPLIES FROM COUNTRSES TO WHICB TEE GENERAL TFLEGRAIII WAS DISPATCEIED

( I6 August 1948)

COUNTRY REPLED FROMISED RWARKS AND/OR ANY FORTHE3 ACTION

- ~ ~

- . . . . . BY%ORUSSJA

BOLIVIA 1 September In te rmedia te r e p l y

C m O N 18 Augunt 50,000 rupees RecolVQd and course of u t i l i z a t i o n

. . . . . . . . .

COLOMBIA l9 Augunt In ta rmeain te r e p l y 4 September N i l

COSTA RICA 2 Septenber N i l

C ZECHOSL CJVAIUA

- DENMARK 11 September N i l - but aid from See appendix F.

Save the Chi ldren Fund alld Red C r O Q 6

DOMINICAN REFJELIC

a SALVfCIOR 11 September In te rmedia te r e p l y

ECUADOR 11 September N i l

ETHIOPIE, 23 August L?,OTl Received and in cour6e of u t i l i z a t i o n

WATEHALA 23 August In te rmedia te r a p l y

a d /HONDURAS

7

COuNTPx REPL Z3.D PROMISE0 RENARKS AND/OR ANY ’ YURTHEX ACTION

BONDURAS . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... ....

INDIA 23 P-ugust 100,009 rupees Received mid in course of u t i l i z a t i o n

. . . . .

LIBERIA ... . . . . . .

1 ~,

LUXEIC3OURG 4 September 10 tons bar ley (awniting advice) 14,228 t l n s c a r e d meat and vegetables

~

MEXICO 24 August In-termsdinta r e p l y

I / 1 -

NICPRAOUA

. .

PANPMA 3 Saptember N i l

PARAWAY

PERU

POLAND

R W D

UKRAINE

USSR

mNEZUELA 27 August 5O,OOO bol ivares ( i n n a t i o n a l products)

WGOSLATIA

dd /APPENDIX F

APPENDIX F

SUPl%BS PROfiS'kD BY AGENCIFS OTBFR TEA3 GOVERNMENTS ! : . : TO WHICH APPEALS WERE SENT

, ,..

! I . . .

AGENCY PROEaSED PROMISED FOR REMARKS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . , . . .

UEGYPTIM? IiED 50 tons medical supplies South Palest ine Already sen t by CROSS 23 August ( f o r IRC)

40 000 doses antityphoid Amman Already despatched *EGYPTIPIi ( f o r IRC) GOVZRNk4ENT vaccine

' Further q u a n t i t i e s typhoid, cholera, plague vaccines, sulpha atabrine

..I . . . . . . . .

GREEK XFD 6 cases medical supplies CROSS

Includes dusting gUlXl f O l - DDk '

amxcm $200 000 t o pay f o r ARABIAN 200 tons flour OIL C O . 100 tons canned meat

50 tons beef f a t 56 tons cheesa '. .

.. . . .

shipped from Greece t o Beirut through good of f ices ECA Greece

5 Ambulances ANGRICAN ._ MIDDLE EAST IiFLBF

N& received by Disaster Relief Pro jec t

I N C .

+fNERICAN RED 2 &bulances CROSS $270 000 worth medical

supplies 20 tons DCT Medical supplies value $200 000

Milk valued at $35 000 Cereals

To Lebanese Red Cross Already d is t r ibu ted

No fur ther information avai lable on t o t a l Red Cross programme o r supplies. !

/CHURCH 'IIORLD

i

, , - AGENCY PROMISED PROMISED FOR REMARE

. . . - . .

,' C ~ C H WORLD 384 bales used c lo th ing Already shipped B e i r u t I SERVICES 2 tons powdered milk

I N C . 150 l b s . vitamin t a b l e t s s m a l l quant i ty DM! Eoepi ta l suppl ies value

Cash $2 020 ( n o t y e t received) ;$25 000 . ,

C.R.O.P. Working with voluntary agencies with view t o providing balance of 2 300 tone wheat requested from the United states of America

WORLD RELIEF $25 000 SERVICE OF ~~

RATIONAL CATIIOLIC WELFPRE CONlWRENCE

Purchase f l o u r i n Egypt

( n o t y e t received)

LUTHERAN WORLD 5 tons c lo th ing RELm I N C .

Arrived B e i r u t

NEAR EAST W i l l expand serv ices FOUNDATION and pereonnel

INTERNATIONAL $100 000 BECHTEL I N C I

A t d i sposa l Near E a s t Foundation

DANISH SAVE C r e d i t up to 300 000 TBE Crowns for Danish team CBILDREN of workers and suppl ies m

TO supply soup d a i l y f o r t e n thousand c h i l d r e n i n camps

F - (To be d i s t r i b u t e d TURKISH RED 10 tone husked c e r e a l s

CRFSCENT 5 tone macaroni by IRC) 1

2 tone chlor ide lime \ I 2 tons semolina

1 t o n milk powder 5 000 metres c o t t o n g o o h 200 woollen b lankets .

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