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Although he has not yet hadan oppoJ'tUn1ty to do eo 1

Salzmayer has been requested to oall ln order to be informed

of the oontents of Department's tiU,egram under referenoe.

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PARAPHRASE or T~LEGRAM RECEIVED

American Legation, Bern

secretary of State, \fnshlngton

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In connection with Depart~ant 1 a ~easa~o number 437

dati' i l"ebrul\ry 9 ':ch\varenburg, a rna14ber of tne Secl'8-

tar1at of the Interoroea Committee, called at th~ Legation

on ieoruBry 17, Mr. Sohwaronburg aald that Intercross

will report its proposed action to the Legation very

soon, anc he sa.1d that ainoe pvb1io1 ty would undoubtedly

prom-;:•t GePmAn mea sure I'! to th1mrt relief, 'tl'le aurroundlng

of t~e program for r9liaf action with complete aecreoy

would be absolutely necessary. That this aspect be

brought to the attention of groups in the United States

who are taking part in the program was requested by him.

Canoerning the relief program, Saly MaJer 1s 1n

oontaot with Interouoss.

DOR:MPL 2/19/4>6

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DECLASSIFIED State Dept. Letter, 1-11-72

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The St~·te De!1artment lws' acJvisecl thc:"t the

cable to Loncl.on making n~ference to the En1bassy' s

~o. 12660 of December S and stating the Treasury is

is:ouing a"p:ro~Hia.te licenses to tte Je,,rish Joint

Dis"i:;doution Com, i ttee for food and other supplies

in Run:.ani&. a.nd Hungary was despatched a.t 11 P. J.i.,

February 9, lSl.P-!. Tl1e cable \·ras numbered 1020.

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On February 11 there was transmitted by letter to

Maxhuber, President of Intercross, the message contained

1n the Department's telegram of February 9, 1944, No. 43?.

On the same day a copy of the Legation's letter was sent

to Sa1y, Mayer,

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON

February 12, 1944

To: ;,rr. Pehle, Acting Director, War Refugee Board

From: Mr. Raynor·

There is attached a paraphrase of a

telegram from the American'Legation in

Bern regarding the message recently sent

to the Intern~tionai Red Cross.

Enclosure: Paraphrase of telegram No. 838, February 10, 10 p.m. from Bern.

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On February 8 Dr. Huber' acknowledged the

message cor.~:uunicated to the International Red Cross

regarding war refugee v·ork in Rumania, Slovakia', et

cetera. He stated that the Cormllittee is gratified by

this evidence of interest in this problem and that it

is happy to take advantage of the offer to transmit

its reply to Washington. Several days will be re-

quired, however, in order to give consideration to

the reply.

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:J.clmortlEdGEd on FEbruar;~r C by Dr, i-IubEr' w:10 statEs that

C~mmittEE is ~ratifiEd by this EvidEncE of intErEst in

this pro~)lE>.:, tlut it will ::;l:.'.dly 2-vail itsEl,f of my

offEr to tr::msr.;i t its rEpl:r to i7asllin::;ton, that rEply

will ho~EVEr, rE~uirE SEVEr::tl days' considEro.tibn,

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CABLE #437 TO BEliN FRQ;,J TilE BOARD X

FriliRUARY ~. 1944

The following cable fDr the Minister from the Vlar Refugee Boe.rd.

You are re.uested to transmit the follmwing urgent message to International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland:

You are herewith referred to our recent cable re1uesting information concernini possible rel.ief operations for Jews and other persecuted groups. We h.o.ve examined your proposal made to Intergovernmental Committee in Dec­ember through your London Deleg:·.tion in which you reuested that 300,000 Swiss francs be pl ced at your disposal to enable you to c,,.rry out the in­dic"ted relief program in F.unania, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia and Theresiim­stadt, and such other relief actions as muy become feasible. The necessury funds for this project are being made av,ilable to your immediately by the Jiiaerican Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Trelisury Department has issued a license authorizing the Joint Distribution Committee to trans -!llit to you the Swiss franc equivalent of $100,000 for this purpose. You are authorized by the license to use the funds for the purchase of food and other supplies in neutral countries and in Rumania and Hungary and otherwise to carry out the above mentioned relief activities. You are re"uested to keep the War Refugee Board fully informed of the action which you take, as well as to indicate to the board what other assistance is needed to carry out this and similar operations.

It is reouested that you fully cooperate with the International Red Cross and with representatives of the Joint Distribution Committee in this matter. Yo~ should trru1smit a copy of the above message promptly to Saly Mayer, in St. Gall, Switzerland, who is the Joint Distributiion Committee representative.

(This copy was made from the one in the bible)

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TOr l.blder Saoretary stetti.Diua '

FROII1 J. W. Pehle

It will be appreciated it you 1Y1ll have diepatohed. immediately the attached oablea to London and Bern.

It is to be noted that the cables pertain to a feeding program to be handled by the International Red Orosa in Hullgar;y, Rumania,· Oroa'Ua and Csaohoslovald.a, This matter hae bean before the lntergoverrunental Committee an4 wu reterr·ed to me by llr'. Raynor on February 2, 1944

1 together with State's tile on the matter which I am return­ing to you htmnr1 th,

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Pleaae t.ranSJd. t tGUowing U1'g8Dt meaaage tfJ International" Red Cross. 0enflll1 Sld.tsel'~ 1'nlm 1far Iletugee Boud1

, C~Rerw ov :recent cable xeq,uestiDg 1ni'Ol'll&tion regarc!1ng pol81ble relief v ojlerationa tor .rewa and other persecuted groupa. We have examined your proposal mada in December to Interpvemmental Commlttee tbrough yoor Londcm Delegation in which ;y011 requeated that 3001000 S1d.n hancs be placed at yOd' d!spoeal 1n order to CWTY 011t tilt: indicated retier progr&~~ 1n RullaD1a croatia, Hungary, Slovalda and Therestenstadt, and such other relier ;otb; aa mq becou te$81ble. The Amerioau v­JIIIfiah #Oint Distribution Oomalttee 1a maldDg aTa.Uable to you at once the DeatJSISU'T fUnds tor tbie projeot, and the 'l'l'eaaul7 Ilspartment hu iaBv.ed a l1C8DIIe authorising the Joint Dlatri.bution aO!lllllittee to -tranBmi t to y011 tar the purpose ihe s.tas t.r.anc equi'l&lent of ll.oo,ooo. 1'be license authorizes 701 to use the funds tor the purchaae of i'oo4, and other auppliea in neutral countries and in Hllngary and Rumania and ot.herlliee to oarrr GUt the abave mentioned relief activities. Y011 a:re l'eqU.eated to keep the War Refugee BOa.!d full7 advised ot the action taken by 1V!I1 u wll u to intl1oate! to the Board what other assiatance 1a needed to ean:r aot tA1a and sSm!lar operationa. •

Y011 are instructed to Ooop&J:'Ate ~ 'IJ1 th the Internaticmal Red ero.. and 'IJith ~resentatt'VU of the Joint DlAIItrtbuUon GIII!ID1ttee 1D this matter. rao should tr&i!.B!rd.t a co.w of the above meaaage pl'Qillp~- to .toint ll!stributta c:aaatttee WlpJ'e8entat1'181 s~ llla,yer" 1n st. a..u, Sld.tserlaml.

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The a" t;:tched proposal of the Int.ernationai Red Cross to feed refugees in Rwnania·, Croatia; HWlgary· and Czechoslovalda' was discussed at a meetjng in Mr. Pehle•c office today, L'l view of the i:'l':lediate need for 300,000 Swiss francs· and t!1e possible delays con~empl3.ted by tho regular Intergovernmental Committee p:-~cedtrres> it was decided that the >'Far Refugee Doru·d would approach the JDC' for an im.':lediate re!nittance to the International :Ced C"oss of ~~100,000 so that the program could get under way at -:>nee.

The matter wa<' raised with Mr. Leavitt'of the JDC and, after clearance m th his people in New York, the War Refugee Board was advised that the JDC would be willing to remit $100

1000 at

once to the International Red Cross in order that the program c0uld g-et. •mde!' way i!'l'lledia-cely,

In view o!: the fo!'egoing, it was decided to refer the matter to Foreign Funds Control for the issuru1ce of the necessary licer-ses, J.lr, E. :,:, Bernsteinvwas con!lulted on the Sw:iss franc problem,. He agreed to make the Swiss francs available t0 the JDC from the Stabilization'Fund,

Appr0priate cables mll be sent to the International Red Cross tn Geneva through ll!.nister Harrison and to Landon for the inforre&tion of the Intergovernmental Committee.

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TbtPt 11 attaoho4 a report datt4 Ootobor 12, 1043 aent b¥ the Internatloaal Co~ttee ot the Rt4 Oro•• 1n Geneva to the Delegation of the lnternattoaal Committee ot the Ro4 Croll 1n Waahington. It •111 'h noted that aoaordlng to th1a report the lntevnat1out1 Cemmittet ol the Re4 Croat la in a poa1t1on to bring aubatantlal relief to .Tea 1n Il:u.manla, 5lovakla, Croatia and fhtrealtnatadt groviud that aubetantlal fundi oan bt pat a\ tht dlapoaal ot thla organ1aat1on. !bl following la a bvlel aummar1 of what oaa bo dGnt.

·fl iled Crou haa tho atlJ:tlOS and inh1't11l10nt plaoos o! the Jews ln : roa tla who 1 t h a ta h4 ~we l.n '~nat netui ~JC help.

(d) I~Ftaioa.sta.d • It it ln<HtltHod tho.t :,he .~~~~ ,:;,·ou 1o now !)-a ~·os i ~>n t·~ ·.u.ikfl sh.lp;ttcult& o.t food, tonloe and medlo\noa, inolucUu~,t intUvld1aAl food paroela, to tht. Jews in 'fhQresionet&dt w.l',<>Oe ~111mu lH'It knolft'l. ;>.rov1dtcl Li.at 1'11nda 0110 \;t; ,';•lt at th~tir dla;mso.l for t.hia purpose.

lt i!ill ba ll•lted tilRt all .,f the ~ .. on eHtionod pv.ojoete oan ·.;o Corw111'd lm,nedlatelt if &\l!fioiani Iw•lia !U'li made avail· l!lult• tJ th.a Int~wuatl;;)nal GQ:M,Utce ot ~he li.ed i..!.l'oaa. lt ia rocola!dnded, therefore, tMt the lloard take tho Moeeeury e\epa at onoe, iJlcladL'lf.( ttJ.« .abta~ui»g of. noceaaary Uoenat~, eo tnat ~2,ooo,ooo will be made immediately ~vallablo to the l!om1ai'Ctoe to pay iov the u:jj~onau o! p.rovl.din;l •·&lit! to the Jew~ in ~umania, Slovakia, Croa\la and The.reaienatadt, aa woll as vol1e! to Jews an4 other peraeouted peoploa in any other ru•ene in wniob the !4o4 Croea lli&J be ablt to bring t•elief.

Sou "t the .f'undG rtqulrOQ will oomt from pvhate sovcea. l.t' lt ie neoeaaaq to au.gmont tht8e !li"hate tuooe, fWlda wlll bu obta.ln•d boll the 1"na1dont•e llintl'gonor Fund fot.t thb pul'­ooae.

Di'l'li1RNA'1'IOli.AL OOIOIITHE OF !HE RED OROSS

Oen~ral .Apnq ror Prisoners or War

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Qeneva, Ootober 12, 1943

No 1'11.

a. Ba: yours oable No. 510 ot Sep,ember 28, 1943 aonoerning the Jew11b problema.

We are 81&4 to give rou hereafter a new survey ot th11 quee111on and answer rou b7 letter to 70~ above mentioned Gable beoauee of the oomp1ex1ty of the•• problems.

ROijMAMIA

The Rel1et aot1on oa behalf ot •he Jew18b «tport••• 1n '.h'Ut!lla'bla (Vlu-aillt) aeema to bt81A un4tl' ••--• ~- tavoralJle au1ploee and we hope to l)e able to haYt t_oo4 dhUS. ... bu.•• ... ' '" 'llheee cleport.••• w#.,~ mon•r raltel'l 1n 8w1'tltl'1Nl4 and W1 'llh ~• aet!letan.at ~t •• ...- Rowu.Qlan autb.lrl.Uea ana. R,ed Oroaa. VDtor,~t•lr, wt 4o not noat'fe anr t®4e tJo'OII o•trttat,. ._,._ ao" tor thla aoUon ~ tor e1mU&Jo' othtl't, eo ~at thS.1 aaelt'll~ llUft l'tllaill "*f 11ml11td uct 4tPE!n41!1 on oon­•n'bu111ou wht.Oh a have to to1leo11 on tbt tpot.

OUr delesaUon ln ~'""'' ~ obtained from. the. ~UIIIQ\ian pverlllhnt an au11hetr1•at~on to vi.lilt.t tbe plaou tll'tl"t

~:r:a~•p;~:.t:O -=on;~· .a.j :r :=urvtt~lfl•4l:::: '•••· •• ..-. •x-eto"• ·~, .• ~ to · ~t. ~· e~~m-•t.mte4 etton• ot ~· ~At• .lonal '''' .of tll.t a.4 CJro•• on 't,ttlialt of - lt~lh 4 ' ' mJ. hav• ao.t 1ana1'ble reeUlt, at 1eu11 tn t or 'Wena-nbVla.

Geneva, Ootober 121 1843

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'hla pi'Obltlij baa :reaohed a 4eacU.ook a' tb1a 11111le. AI ~ hu 4eolue4 not w be 1ll a poattlon 'flo au'lho. l'!ai the paaaap ot .leu, 1lhe emiSNiUOA b.r l"ldlwad baa beoaae bspiiaatble.

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Genna Letter Q!neva. Ootober 12. 1943

QROATIA

The Jaws whose names and internment plaot inthat oountr7 we know, etem indeed to be in ~eat need or help, a Jewish organization in Qwll erlan4 makea etrorte to aeeiet them -ut the olothee WhiCh ~ es­peo1all7 laoking, ~· absolutely unfindable, and all exportation trom SWitzerland, even ot ueed clothing,

_is prohibited. (Money oan ~ bgr food 1n eutfi-! oient qup:Uty in tha11 ooUR11l'J.) 'lhe hoat111tiea going

on at present 1n Oroatia 4o not allow a olear pioture '' ot the situation and ot ~· perapeot1vea oonoern1ng

the Jews. We do not reoeive any .... 1nf'ormat1on on the entire southern part ot the oount£7.

our With/note No. 628 ot September 16, we sent you oopies ot certain letters concerning the aot1v1ty ot the 1Jued1sChe Unterstuetzuns~-'elle tuer das Generalgouverne­ment". Untortunately1 ahlpmenta readY to be sent, had to be ~ held baoE and we do not think to be able, until further notice. to send eh1pments to Oraoow. The letters we sent you have, therefore, only a doau­mentary interest. !here are oonstant variations 1n this queat1onf and what is allowed and oan be realized one day, migh~ be suspended the aax following day. We are, therefore, not in a position to give ~ assurance tor the future.

-We received the following cable from the World Jewish Oonsrtlll •eu~~ttlns you 1brough your Wash1nston ottioe list Jewlah tn11erneea 1n The~eaienatadt with the reqUest to ~ansm1t parcels with tood to them atop kint\l.y intol"'ll us your deo1aion.11 ( w.ta Al"ieh 'l'ar11akower)

KIJ we aak JOU 11o anawer ~ World Jew1ah OonsJea& along the following 11ne11

We have 4elqe4 o.\U' answer to 11h1a -'k O!lbl.e, dated S.ptembel' 7, tor te0hn1oal HasonJ. 'lhe lnte:r~Uonal· Coamitlee of the Bed ~oaa hae not ooneorned itself eo t&P, with the dispatch ot tn41v14~ p.roele to persona others than prlaonel' ot war ol' o1vU1an 11\ter.nees. In Clel'l!l&nJ and in the ooov.plt4 ooWlt.-1&8; 14:\i Jtws Bl'• not oona14er~,d as oS.v1U.- 11l~•l:'nttl, na11her .ln t~t pt-11toe nozt 1n $6 oo.noen•ntlon--O,t-lOo.- oarapa. •• ~l'ltJJ-11• ot toot.. tontoe and • medlOU:tl ude b)' tlli-.GOlllla11Jsion

Q!neya L§tter -~ leR!Y•· Ootobor 12. lfti3

MizteH to the Jews in !heresienetadt, tor inetanoe, have alwars been oolleotive shipments. The oroation within the Committee ot a new service oonoernlng iteelf with individual food parcels has booome neoeosary,and we have,therefore, waited tor the solution of tbleproblem at before answering the oable of the WJC. fhia ·queation is now solved. and we will be in a position, in ~ futuro, to dispatch individual paroela among others also to the Jews 1n Theresienstadt whose names we know, pro­vided of oouree that tuna. be put at our disposal to this effect. We would consequently be akttsad gratefUl if this last point whioh wae not dealt with in the above mentioned cable ot Hr. Tartakower, could be settled, as soon as poasible, if it 10 desired that the Interna• tional Committee of the Red Oross be able to act.

For the International Oommittee of the Red Oroes

(signed) Sahwayenbe~g

Division of Prisoners, Internees and Civilians

Dear t:r. Pehle:

OFFICE OF

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE'

WASHINGTON

February 2, 1944

I e!'l.close 'l.ercni th 2 Dey::rtment of ~ t.-,_te file

pertaining to the :ct;nil!L tr:o.tion of relief for surviv-

ing refugees in Europe together r.i th <'. copy of u. cable

on tl:e sa tter which has been ;repc.red in the Dep2.rt-

nent. It appe;::rs, !1o·::ever, the.t the proposed cable

;:._nd cable ~Jo. 279 to Eern, sent at the reCJ.uest of the

','.c.r F~efugee Bo.-o:rd, u.re not entirely con<:istent. ·.:e

think, therefore, that appropriate representatives of

the War Refugee Board may vJish to review this file and

perh.:tps draft a more appropriate co!mnunication to

London on the matter. ·.-.'ill you be good enough tocre-11

turn the enclosed file to me after it h2.s been re- , ,

viewed.

~iith best wishes,

Sincerely yours,

Encs. ,tj:(::~ :Jr.- Jolm \r,r. Pehle,

Director of Foreign Funds Control, Department of the Treasury,

Washington, D. C.

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Concerning the proposal that relief for surviving Jewish :refugees in Europe be administered by the Inte:rnational Red C:ross re£e:Pl'ed to in the Jijabasw'• despatch No. 12660, Dtcembel" 8, and i\a enclosure of a letter from the Director o£ the Intergovernmental Committee, datod December 7, the Departiiumt requests that you transm.l t to tb.Et Directol' the following eom­ments which re£el' to num.bel'ed paragl'aphs of his letter under refe:renoe 1

2. Tho Department agl'ees to the sum o£ three hundlted thousand Swiss fl>anclJ; but th1a Governunt oaDnot oontribut. 1 ts sbal'e \lntil £und$ which have been reqWJsteil have been authori,&ed• You will be '(l.Ci'dsea as soon as funds for this purpose are ava_lkble.

The request ot .the . Intel'lii.tional. Hod CroJe for pel'lllieeion fo purohas• J!'ol)d And supplies in H\utgal'y and RUillania will be cons.ldel"td .Jointly _b_. "·the ·S. t. ~~e Dep~rtm_. ent, the Treasury ~partment and the Udtieh Embassy. '1'b Departmell.ct will e.dv!.ae to~ ~noon as possible conoe:rning thi reSUlts of the alsou••l•n•· '.

s. . . (a). 4ppl"OX-\flly twc> l'ili __ ·.·_lllo_n doll&Ptl• (\t) 1;b18 Go,.~ent ia pre!J&J.'td to .~ .. ~

tt~l:lf ttUh ~ .8t>1t1~h ®v.1"1U119i1t et\crll, pa'~ ot the totf:ll cost as J.'e.tnains atteP O,ontrl'btti;lQnl ht,y._; belen Jlece1ved from priva'k$. organb:atlon,.. 'The · e~re ot eaoh

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of the two gove~nm~nts may amount to four million dol­lara. In this connection the P~eaident has approved a request fo~ fUnds, and we are asking Cong~ess for an appropriation.

The Department concurs in the suggestions concern­ing the Intergove~runontal Committee contained in sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (S) of the Director's let• ter Under reference.

The Department also concurs in the p~oposal that the Intergovernmental Committee should be the authoritf through which private as well as government funds are received and disbursed for the purpose of a141ng and transporting refugees•

With further reference to the Director's letter, the Deputment iB studying the suggestion th&._ t the Intel'• governmental Committee be designated as the authority through whioh private organisa tiona- would approach the American and Britieh Governments for licensei directly concerned with the relief of rtfugeea in Europe· and be the authority responsible tor the ·fulfilment-of oondl• tiona lmpoaed. As there 1s no neoe•aity; for an immediate deo1a1on concerning this propoaal, the Department will advlat you fUl'ther regard1Jlg it.

Pleau adv!se the Departm.ent when the pl'oJeot undel' reference 1e submitted to the Executive Comiidttee of the Intergoval'Jll!lental Committee.

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MffilUC.AN nmML Y No. 12660

~ubject: P.efugee ltelief Project Th1•ough The lnter•national Red Crpss.

The Honorable 1~e Secretary of &tate,

Washington.

London, December 8, 1943.

Slrt

In pur suanoe of the Department's telegram No. 7287, november 17, 1943 and the Embassy's telegram No. 8328, i{ovem~r 29, to the Do.pal'tment, I have the honol' to en­close herewith the text of a letter elated Deoembe.l' 71 1943 fpom the Director of the Intergoverrunental CommJ.ttoe setting forth the present status o£ the proposal f'or ; relief of refugees in Europe through the International Red Cross. It will be noted that the Director seeks clarification from the American and British Governments with regard to certain points, after which the proposal will be submitted to the Executive Committee.

The Department's instructiona are requested.

n&sp,ctfu~ yo~s, For the Chal'ge d'Affaires ad interim:

/a/ W. J. G.ALLMAJl W. J. 'Gallman

Enclosures: First Secreta~ o£ Empassy

1. Copf ~£letter o£ Decembel' ?, 1943 (17l,/98) from the DiJ.oeotor of the Intergovernmental Commi ttte.

2. Copy of translation o£ telegram from Intel'national Red CPoss ColiD'Ilit:tee to London Delsgation.

s. Copy of Me .. morandum by Mr. Soh'wa.rtJ, dated lioveni~el' 14, 1943. .

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COPY Enclosure No. 1 to despatch No. 12660 o£ DecernbeP 8, 1948, from tho Embassy at London, England.

IN'ft:B.GOVEHNMEUTAL COM1UTTEE

'<t Director: Sir Herbert &merBon,

G.C.I.E., K.G.~.I.,L.J.E.

1'71/98

Dear Mr. Bucknell;

lld Regent Street, London, S.W.l.

7th December, 1943.

In oontinuation of my lettel' No. 17/98, iiatec1 2oth November, 1943, relating to the question of relief to groups of surviving Jews in Europe, I ~~now writing to say that we have received through the London l,elegation, a reply f1•om the Intel"national Red Cross. This was in German, and was sent in cipher through the Swiss Legation in London. I attach a copr of the translation. (Enclosure I). You will see from this, f1rst, that the Inter­national Red Cross is already in a ~osition, through existing li.ed Cross Delegates, to undertake thstribution and to exercise effective control in Rumania, Croatia and Hungary; second, that it is prepared to set up a Lelegation for the purpose in Slovakia and, third, that so ftw as Ger:me.ny and ocQupied territol'los are concerned, both the oppol.'tunities amT agencies for a.fford.ing re­lief are much more uncertain, except that relief can be given to internees in 'l'herasienstaud. Even in these te:rritories, how­ever, other opportunities at•e likely to arise from time to time.

) 2. In ordel." to take advantage of existing and potential op­portunitios, the International Red Cl'os~ he.a suggested. that the sum ?f 300.000 Swiss francs should be placed at its disposal. This appea:rs to be a reasonable request. It would render vegular ac­counts. and nould observe the other conditions stated by us. and mentioned in :uzy- letter to. ¥ou of 26th November. Yo1l will obsene, however, that the Inter.u4t~l Red C~oaa has laid stress on the difficulty of purchasing .food and ot~r requirentents in neutral countries, and has, theve£ore, suggested tliat it should have authot>lty to lUke purchases in Huright>y and in Roumania.

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is still possible t.o obtain certain varieties o£ food. Thh sugges­tion raises a question o£ polic1 affecting the blockade, o~ which we aPe not in a position to e,X!)ress e.n:t opinion, but which will, no doubt, be considered by thG American and British GovePnmQnts.

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3. Before we are in a position to place the scheme before the Executive Committee, there are several points which require claPi­fications-First there is tho question of the source, or sources from which t~e necessary funds will be furnished. In your letter of the 1st October, 1943, there was the suggestion that private funds were available in the United States, but that in any case youp Jovern­ment, in consultation with the !.lritiah Government, would be pre­pared to regard the pi'oject, if approved by the Executive Collllllittee, as ona, the cost of which, should be shared equally by tho A.-rnerican an<l British Govarrunents, subject, of couroo, to previous consulta­tion with the t'VIO Governments before the_ project was aanctioned or expendi turo lncurre<1 thereon. 'l'he matters requirilJb claz>ificn­tion f1•om the financial point of view are 1 therefore, the following:-

(a) 1\'hat pat•t of the frutds, ii' any, will be aupplied from private sources? and .

(b) are the British ana· American Governraents prepared to share the cost in so far as it is not met from

.· private funds? The further point relates to the functions of the Intergovern­mental Committee. It is suggested, as implied in your letter of October 1, 1943, that tho Intergovoz>nmental Committee should be the authority,

(l) through which funds are placed at the disposal of the lntez>national Red Cross,

(2) to which the International Red Cross would render regular accounts, and i

(3) which would be responsible to see that the condi­tions attaching to the grant are satisfied by the International Red Cross. P

We would suggest that this should apply not only. to frutds from Govel'lllllent sources, but also to funds, if any, from pt>lvate sources. You Vlill remembal' that one of the recommendations adopted by the Executive Committee at its meeting ot the 4th August. 1943. was that "the Executive .Committee shall be em­powered to receive and disperse for the pul'poses of preserv­ing, maintaining and transporting l'elugees, fUnds both public an.d pPivate."

The present occasion seems to be a B\liAAb~e (.ne to intt>o­duoe the principle of utilising the Intergoyernmental Committee, in auitable cases, for the expenditure of private funds, and s~e the., manner in which the :funds in this pal'ticular case

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are to be expended is subject to certain conditions, and can only be made available in the coWltries concerned through licence, it seems reasonable that, if the Intergovernmental Commi ttea is to be the authority responsible to see tha. t the conditions are satisfied, it should be the agency through which funds are placed at the disposal of the International Red Cross.

When the above points a1•e clarified the case will be sub­mitted to the Executive Commi t'tee for consideration.

4. Luring the course of our enquiry, v1e have obtained some information regarding the relief which is already being given to Jews in Europe. ¥1e had the advantage of discussion, while he was in London1 with Mr. Sohwal'tz, Executive Head in Europe of the Joint Distribution Committee, and he vma gooc1 enough to give us a memorandum of what his organisation is doing in this direction. I attach a copy of hill note (Enclosure II).

In this connection I may also refer to my letter to you of tho lOth November, requesting certain information relating to licences granted by the United States Treasury for similar pUl•poses. We have not received a rep~ to that letter, or to a similar letter which was addressed to the British Foreign Office. Vie are, therefore, not in a position to comment fully on this means o£ assistance, but we would suggest that, where it is ol'ganised and carried out by reliable anclexpel•ianced boaies, such as the Joint Distribution Committee, it deserves all the encouragement that can be given,, consistent w~th conl!iderations of policy. It might be convenient for the Intergovernmental Committee to become the authority through which all private bodies should approach the American and British Governments for licences directly concerned with the relief of refugees in Europe1 and to be the authority responsible to see tha.t such condlt1ons as may be imposed by those Governments are satisfied. This, however, is a mattel' of a more general character, which should not be allowed to delay the dispoaal of the specific case, now under consideration.

I han sent a copy of this lettel' to 1ft'. Randall.

Yours sincerely,

/s/ H. M. ~mel'SOn. Howard Buoknell, Jnr., Embas_sy of;the United Statu of Amel'ica,

· 1, G:r>osvenol' SqU&l'e, W.l.

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EHCLOSURE I

Enc_ ;ure 2 to despatch No. 12660 of December 81 1948 from the Embassy at London, f!:ngland.

Your cable No. 2508 and lettel' flo. 2671 clarified the questions refel'red to us. Internatioilal Red Gross Com­mittee is grateful to have confidence of World Jewlsh Con­gt•ess and Intergovernmental Committee. According to them, relief action is envisaged only for Jews, ana not, as 'horld Jevwish Gortgl'ass anticipated e.t the beglnning, generally for poo~le affected by war without discrimination as to race and rel~gion. The difficulties pointed out in our No. 7G3G con­cerning Jewish relief are due to the fact that the German authorities do not recognise any official immixture ofthe International Red Cross Committee in such matters, which they rcgar<l as having internal political charactel'. There are, however, the following possibilities of 1•elief action:

l. Roum.ania 1 Gt>oatia, Hungary. Tho presence of Red Cl'oss La legate pel'llli ts the setting up of dis tPibution machinery and effective control. ffeods in those pal'ts al'e known to us.

2. Slovakia. We would fol'esee setting up of Delegation in so fa!." as means put at our disposal would justify relief action.

3. Germany and Occupied T~rritol'ies. Possibili--, ties of action much more limited and -~part recently entire­

ly supporessed. Laok of funds prevented us fl'eque-ntly from starting relief work on behalf of Jews, particularly in Polana. _At present Theresianstadt wi-th a minimum of 50,000 Jews plus_depo:rtees from Del'III!Ut'k i~ pl"obably only place where­relief' despatches would certainly reach recipients. Extension of relief aotion might opati now possibilities which pttevlous-11 had to be abandoned owing to le.ek of .tuncla. We pre»pose to Interaovernmen~l Committee to put a max~um o£ soo,ooo Swiss Fl'anca at Olll" dbposal in order to be able to C!&r.rf :OJ!t quick­lY relief actions as the occasion arises~ and in so fa'r aa thel'e is a guarantee to administer relief aocol'cling to pur-

: pose foro which deaip;ned. We would report in respect of each relief action carl'led out as well as in reapeot of g~ods pwohaeed and deapatohed and about suceEUIII!• In view o£ the

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fact that possibilities of purcll8.se from neutrals at>e extt>eme­ly limited and insufficient, it would be desil'able to havo authority to use funt1s for purchases in Hungary and especially Roumanla, where it is possible to obtain dried vegetables, soups, farinaceous products {pates alimentaires) 1 tinned goods, flour, cured meats, venison and fats. From neutrals medica­ments and pharmaceutical products are obtainable. We accept vlithout any reservations conditions (1) to (4) of your cable 2508. Leta.iled letter will follow shortly.

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llELP TO GROUPS OF R~FUGEES IN EUROPE

The Joint fjistribution Committee sem1s food ptu•cels from Lisbon to the Jewu in the 'rheresienstadt Concentl•ation Camp and also to the Jews in Poland, particulai'ly those in the ghettos. In the case of Theresienstadt the Czech Gove1•nment sends food parcels to their nationals who are internec1 in that Camp while the J.D.C. sends its parcels largely to non-Czechs who are in the Camp. The Czech Government are sending to-day about 6,000 parcels a month to s,ooo of its nationals Villlile the J.D.C. sends about 5,000 packages to 2,500 non-Czech nation­als. The packages contain sardines, dried fruits and almonds, and each packaee weighs about 500 grammes so that each in­ternee on our list receives 1 kg. of £.ood per month. These packages ai'fil sent um1ev License from the Unltod States 'l'reas­ury which has authorised the expenditure of' 12,000 dollars a month fox· this purpose. Only food indigenous to Portugal may be sent under the Licence. 'l'he United f3tates Legation at Lisbon must be ae.tisfieo that the parcels are reaching their proper destination.

In the case of Poland the evidence of receipt has become scarcer and. ecal'cer and because of this tho sen$1ing of parcels has, fol' ~1e time, been stopped. Later, communication has been taken up with the Jewish Conununity in Cracow which has acknow­ledged receipt of parcels addressed to them• They underto~~

·. further distribution of these parcels. It is hoped that through the Jewish Committee in Cr~cow, it will now l>e possible to dis­tribute more food pareels to Jews in Poland. Undar our L_iconee, we are authorised to spend $12,000 a month forpnckages to Poland.

At the present time, tho J.D.C. is sanding about 1000 par­cels a. month from Teheran to Polish :re.fugees in Russia. Customs' duties and postage e.ocount for two thirds of tho total cost o! the packages. Sending a ease with $12 woi>th or fqod costa in the neighbourhood of $40e Recently, we have baan·able to purchase fo()d supplies and clothing in India., South A!l'ica and Pal•atine fo:r the refugees in Russia, 81\d it is hOped that these aupplits will make up ab()ut 20,000 packagu _to be ee.nt

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these supplies o.uC. the dispatch to !tussis. will cost about 140,000 Pound Stel'ling of which the J.D.c. is furnishing !.90,000 and relatives in Palestine are putting up the balance. It is hoped that in time we shall be able to develop facilities for the dispatch of about 10,000 pnl'cels per month to Polish pefugees in ,-Russia.

'l'he Lend-Lease Organisation has stock of goods in Iran intended originally for the r'oles. vwing to strained official relations, the U.S.S.R. does not permit the im~ortation of these goods through Polish channels but would grant 1mport permission if the J.r..c. took the goods over. l'Tegotiations concerning thia are now in progress. Also the Polish Red Gross owns some stocks in Iran which they al'e not now able to send to Russia. We a!'e negotiatin;c: with the Poles for the purchase of' these supplies to be sent- on a non-sectarian basia to Pol1sh refugees in ltussia.

'l'he Turkish Goverruuent has agreed to permit the export of 250 tons of food stuffs from 'l'u!'key to the 75,000 Jevm actually in Transnistl'ia. The goods will be sent out in individual packages, and the a is tributlon will be under the auspices of the Intet>na tional Red CI'oss whose J.nka1•a delegate is co-opei'a ting vel'y closely. 'rhe J .I. C. has applied to the State Department fol" a Licence to I'Smit i'unds fo1• the pul.'chase of these supplies. 'rhe State Department hns indicated. that this may be referred to the Inter-Govei'IL'1lental Committee fo1• decision an<1 has also indica ted that, in future, all projects for the sending of food packages to any part of occupied Europe may have to be passed upon by the Inte!'-GovePmnental Gommittee.

It is estimated that thez•c a1•e nov1 some 30,000 .Jews in l1utch concentration camps .. particUlarly, at Vlesterbork. Our infor1.'18.tion is to tho effect that the food situation is particularly bad, and we have applied for a Licence to send food packazes from Lisbon. The matter is now pending.

It is not possible to export food or clothi.ng from Switzerland, but some medical supplies as well as an occasional shipment of powdered milk in bu1k can be sent. The organizations in Switzerland, with the co-operation of the International Red GI'oss,occaslonally send such bulk supplies to institutions in Poland as well as to Therosienstad t.

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U to get the pa1•cels through to them.

'2.) to obtain the necessary Licence ..

a.) to find the necessm•y food supplies.

In ge.uel•al 1 the International H.ed Cross has signified its readiness to help when n definite proposal is placed before ther.J. 1 and the necessary funds are provided for a particular project.

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London

Dated Februavy l, 1944

Secretary of State,

Washington.

883, February l. -'<

Rec 1 d 6:19p.m.

Please instruct what reply Embassy should

_make to Foreign Office letter of January 28

requesting comments on IGC directors December 7

letter (enclosure one despatch 12660 December 8)

and suggesting that advice of British and American

.< blockade at:thori ties should now be invited on proposal

that three hundred thousand Swiss francs be placed

at disposal of International Red Cross for relief

acf;ion i!:'. !'a'"-•r of' Jeni:! in enemy territory. Foreign

Office letter states that this could conveniently

be done by consultation with MEW and EWD which have

appropriate procedure established.

Foreign 01'f~ce further states: "We should under

the usual snfeguards be glad to facilitate help from

Jewish organizations to thei~ coreligionists in enemy

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occupied territory insofar as blockade require-

ments permit and the demands on foreign exchange

facilities for this purpose can be fairly and

conveniently coordinated with those of Allied

governments for the general relief of their nationals

in such territory; and would be glad to know in

particular what the views of the State Department

would be regarding the provision of funds from public

sources as opposed to contributions by private chari­

table organisations. This point seems to us t~ raise

important questions of principle and wo should be

glad to discuss it further with you if yo~ can indi­

cate your government's attitude."

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U.S. URGENT

AMERICAN LEGATION

BERN

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r---ijEPARTMENT Of STAJE

fEB 25 1944 01\115\0N OF

COMMUNICATIONS 8: RECORDS

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, GENEVA, FROM THE

WAR REFUGEE BOARD. \'le are familiar with the report (con­

tain~d in your Cable 571 of October 12, 1943, to your

Washington Delegation) concerning possible feeding pro­

grams in Rumania, Tberesienstadt, Slovakia and. Croatia

and the need of funds therefor. We desire immediate

information concerning what areas you could operate in

right now, assuming that necessary funds are made

available to you, to provide food and medicines to

Jews and other persecuted groups in German-occupied

areas who are denied the facilities available/to the

rest of the population. Please advise where food,

medicines, and other supplies can be purchased and bow

much money is needed, We are prepared to seethat fuqds

are madeayaila't>le at once for necessary operations.

HULL (AAB)

J •. W •. PEHLE, TREASiJRY.DE-pARTMEN'J:' . PER PHONE CONVER~ATION W~'J:'H E~ R. STETTINIUS; JR. ;.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT

INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE January 27 J 19-44

TO Miss Hodel

FROM J. W. Pehle

Mr. Berle advised me at 4:20 this afternoon that the cable

on the International Red Cross would go out today.

CC: DuBois, Lesser, Schmidt, Fox Friedman

J. w. Peble

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11r. Stettiniua January 27, 19.44

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I am transmitting to you herewith for urgent despatoh to

Minister Harrison at Bern a cable to the International Red Oross,

which is seU-explanatory.

I am advising the War Department.

(a~ned) J. w. Pehle'

H. Morgenthau, Jr.

(Secret Service Agent Sherwood carried this to Stettinius at 11:20 A. M.)

CAnLE TO BERN

Please transmit the following urgent message to

the International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland, from

the War Refugee Board:

"We are familiar with the report (contained

in your cable No. 571 of October 12, 1943, to

your Washington Delegation) concerning possible

feeding programs in Rumania, Theresienstadt,

Slovakia and Croatia and the need of funds therefor.

We desire immediate information concerning what

areas you could operate in right now, assuming

that necessary funds are made available to you,

to provide food and medicines to Jews and other

persecuted groups in German-occupied areas who

are denied the facilities available to the rest of

the population. Please advise where food~ medicines,

and other supplies can be purchased and how muoh

money is needed. We are prepared to see that funds

are made available at once for necessary operationa. 8

CAuLE 'fJ BERN

Please transmit the following urgent message to

the International !ted Gross, G·eneva, Switzerland, from

the Nar hefugee Boardt

"We are familiar with the report (contained

in your oable No. 571 of October 12, 1943, to

your Washington Delegation) concerning possible

feeding programs in Rumania, 'L'heresienstadt,

Slovakia and Croatia and the need of funds therefor.

We desire immediate information concerning what

areas you could operate in right now, assuming

that necessary funds are made available to you,

to provide food and medicines to Jews and other

persecuted groups in German-oooupied areas who

are denied the facilities available to the rest of

the population. Pleaae advise where food, medioinea,

and other supplies can be purchased and how muoh

money is needed. We are prepared to see that funds

are made available at once for necessary operations."

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CAJJ.LB 594

HEOARDIHO ~·oon SltiPMEN'l'S TRANSNISTRIA CIIAIM BAIU'.ASII H&!OOLU AllVISBS

BVImiTIIINO HEADY F()t &XPliDlTIO!~ !JUT FCR TII.IE BEING INTli!lllATIONAL Rlffi

GROSS ADV!BEB DISLfl! STOP LmANlYIIILK SUOOHS'l' YOU AllEtiD LIOENilli O!lDmt

INCLUDR 'l'lllillBSIENSTAD'l', OllEECE, YOOOOLA VIA THIS SCHEME STOP

IN'l'ERliATIOliAL lUll) GHOSS PltoPOOrm SfillD TIIRK~ WAGONS 'l'HimRSIENSTADT f.TOP

JOO. SCliWAnTZ

CABLE 607

COWllS.Sl()}l MIX'l'E OF lN'l'IDillA'l'IO!IAL RED CROOS AliVISES P0....1'18IllLK SRIID

INDIVIDIIAL FOOD PACKAGES FROM 8Wl'l'ZERLAND TO DiTBRNEE..'l THllRElliENS'l'ADT

Ol'HER CAIIPS STOP EACH PACKAOK WILL CONTAIN VARIETY Oll' Jl'OOD NOf

OBTAJJIAlU.lS PCnTIIOAJ.. IHOLUDINO FATD, BI8CUITf$1 BOUILLON, SOUP CUBF,S

1<:'!0. CIX>'T OF ~:.ACII PACKAGE BUVmrl'EBN Bl'YIS!l FRAilCS. B~OP PLIL\Bil! ADVIBK

WHETJIER WE !JAY USE FIJHD8 AUTIIOOIZBD FQR THWSIENB'l'ADT O'rll!m CAUPS

FOR PURIJHASE PAOirAO~S IN Bl'II'l'Zi!ILA!ID AtlJO miB'llmR ADDITIONAL

APPROPRIATIOlfS FOR 'l'Hil:l PURPOtm if'ILt BE l,IO!flfi!ID.

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