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Accorring to their estimPte of nee~s during coming several weeks, balPnce our '1/RB parcels a.t present rhythm pf gblp.- _m~will soon be exhausted, !CRCS DSA hAS, therefore, ak~B__d_ me wh<ether i~will be possible to use some of the/ ) ' L 206,000 former POW parcels for this special relief progrAm. f..., ; 0 (;, ( [<, , •• i DSA will unO.ertRke to repa.ckage All pArcels released to ___I them, 1 More critical than neeil of foof!stuffs is DAS S lack of fuel to run these emergency truck convoys. If at all DECT>ASSIFIED State Dept. Letter, 1-11-72 19 ]Z By R. H. Parke Date~ 1 9 .• -2- ·#3063, June 6, 9 A.• m• i from Bern' at all feasible and ml'tterial not othert-~lpe risposed of; I would recommenc'l (A) releasing 50,000 pArcels to them and (B) sin~le grant of 20,000 gallons of gasoline (plus lubricants) from·same source as previous grants, ·.Total fuel now· R.VailP.bl€ to DSA comes from French _,.~ "- ._· ~ _... -.,. -- . sources Pnc'l. representS" ·bare£:i~·3b% their monthly needs, ... .. ,. -'~7_-!c.._-· PleP.se instruct. »c:) JT I' f -dEPARTMENT INCOMING OF STATE TIE~~~RAM. DIVISION oc ' GEM.-1666 CE!!TC:'·l ~"'~ !, -.. Bern Distribution of' ·- · ,,,,Gc: true roo.dinc; .Jnly by speciE'l arm~a;'@/l'e~t. 0" (~W) '-431 Secretnry of ~tate, lii"-Y 18,. ICRC •s DS/. is continuing to do splendid norl{ distributinG f~oc1 relief including WRB po.rcols to libbre_ted det'~_inccs in sGuthern G~r;nany r:nd .:~~:tstrin. 4 trucks m;re despntchec1 to Linz on H:>y;,28 Vlith \ 40 t:ms f'o·.:JC1 lncluding 2650 WRB parcels for relic.:f' I cletf'inees libere.ted from Hr.uthausen, Some 2'7,000 ~=-~ ":f latter o..re ropoT•tcd loadinc most precarious r~xis- ---~-----~----··---~----·~·~----~~c..,. tcnce in Linz ~.rca Vlith 300 to c~L10 •jyine; dally f'r0m 'f'"'.,...,._.-~ disease o.ncl starvntion, In licht of' those reports 1' roquostocl ICRC'S DSL to prepare soconc' truck convoy f'·Jr---- Linz to lGI'VO nbout JunG 4, Hopc to be in this fireD. myself at thc..t time Gs part of' cf!.mp visits ~-cu nuthorizecl f'.ncl will o.ccordine;l;r bo able dot~rmino v1horc our rt:mnining ·.. "RB stocks cnn C.o most soocl• Convoy consistinG .DEeLAPSJFIED State Dept. Letter, 1·11 .. 72 By R. H. Parks Dnte..S.W.. 9 1972 ---, -2-#2987, JUne 1, 4 p.m., from Born. Convoy ccmsistine; of 28 trucks h>ft SVIi tzerlnnd M"y 29 for Pilson with Theresienstc.dt c.s final ccostinn- tj_on crrryine; ['lone with relief r,·:Jods from other or_c:r:nizntions both confessionnl c.nd nntl 3600 VffiB prcrcols. Two Czech officials c.ccompt.nied convoy to c.ttempt to r.rrnnr;e Cze<;:rh ,~_'"td Russir.n clo,.rc.nce so · ~~~ ',:;1£:-:t relief r;oods. mc.y p~041._eod~ _to~ Theresiensk:dt. - > i~ ~_-..._-' DSJ,_ .is sendiJ:le; out thi~u/.C_dnvoy on June one c~rryine; 00 tons sup:plio-8 incluccinc: c.bout 5000 URB . -cl pr_rcels for rcloc.sed civil detclneos in S::'.lzbure, e:.ron. HARRISON r-_ ...__ . DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT INCOMING '-'ENTRAL SERVICES OF STATE ,,TELEGRAM TELEGRA.PH l5ECT19fl /J~ / /..,__, // /jt'r. A- /c;o/ t/(Aj_y'-' -: ~ - -'I . /9 :_§/-( c-~;:'vA.~ v (I PLAIN ES-1750 C.C/L LL\ISO:l Bern Dated June l, 1945 Rec 1 d 9:30p.m. ·., -·<·._ Socrct:ry of St;t~;-:_.- :' . Uashingt'2P• CONTROL COPY 2980, First '<'. - mm .~:'D DEPT FROH ;;~CLELLAND' Log~tion 1 s 2471, April 27. v FolloHing rcp6rt has been received from Du-nand, I ~ IC::C c1elegate, ~rho vms in Thcresienstadt in early Hay: / ).s of April 6 there ';ere 17,556 Je,~ish deportees in 'l'heresionstadt bet,~eon tlk'lt date and iiay 5; 12,863. nc1·1 c1eportees arrived fran cFtmps all over Germany s1,1ch I f / C•.G :O.Jrgon Belsen, Buchemmld; DFtchau arret Hauthausen. Of tiwsG 12,863 88 arrived dead and 221 cUed shortly after 2.rrival; total survivors there Fts of J:iay 5 was therefore 00,110. Theresienstadt is nm·I reportec1 to be under Czecn control. HARRISON JT ~-... - - DIVISION OF PRESS INTELLIGENCE O.W.I. 1194 - Soc. Sec. Bldg. PH. ________________ SY. v jiJ Evening Post (I) New York City DATE.'.::i I. t.:. J 1945 P· Ir.J=.=====::=:::;=== I 1 -The Lyons _.. I "= By Leonard Ly:Os · . · ·-I CREDIT: Donald l\-1•• Nels~n- was in ~the Barberry Room last night and listened to some' of- the dinen giving the foimer Chair- 1 man of the \Var Productlon Board the credit for ha~ing mobillzed America's industrial power which wbn the war in Europe. Then he heard others as~ert that Roosevelt hud won the war, that Gen. ~~arsh~ll had won the war, that Eisenhower had won the war, etc., Ietc . ... "There was a discussion lUre this after the last war In Europe," said Nelson, "and someOne asked 1\-larshal Foch: 'Did you win the war?' Foch answered: '\Veil, I don't know. But I do know that if we had lost, I'd have been blamecl.'" I SOLUTION: Gen. Bill O'Dwyer, head of the W~~!!!gee B~arranged for some trucks and food to be used in adminis· tering relief to war refugees who were brought out of the battle areas to safety in Switzerland. Then came word that the job was Ibeing co\nplicated by the rule that war-relief could not be admin· istered on neutral soil. "If they want to become technical about it, .J we'll feed and clothe each refugee," O'Dwyer warned, "if I myself have to lift each one, individually, off the neutral soil of Switzer Iland." END: A veteran political reporter who has known' Fiorello Lluardia for many years was told by his editor to prepare the lU or's political obituary. This was after the 1\Iayor .had twice an ounced that he is retiring at the end of this year ·•. , "La G rdia's political obituary wlll be his actual obituary," said the reporter. "lle'll be running until he dies." · PROBLEl\1: Attorney General Francis Biddle, soon to be suc ceeded by Tom Clark, was the fall guy at the Circus Saints & Sin· nlirs yesterday. Biddle was asked whether he had seen LaGuardia lately. "Yes, and I found him in deep ~editation," said the Attorney General, "Fiorello can't make up his ~ind whether God made him or he made God." _ FASmON: Sidney Jllllmnn, head of the Amalgamated Clothing;_ \ rkers, has been teuding for many years with David Dubinsky,: h d of the lntJ. Ladles Gnrmcnt \Vorkers Union. Hillman's friend'i a~ n't sure whether 1\lrs. Jllllman'R latest stunt Is a clothes-conserva·, tlon measure or whether It's for the purpose .of avo~dlng the ouzP. t of Dubinsky's union. In any event, 1\olrs. Sidney lllllman now s having her husband's old tuxedo re-made into a suit for her. CHATTER: Frank Sinatra, about to go overseas, has lntrod ced · a new kfnd of hair-cut for the youngsters who ape him. He has a crew hair-cut, except for the curl in front which still remains . -.- -. Han-y and Jennie Grossinger have sold their Miami Beach hotel and purchased the famed Pancoast Hotel in the same city ... Paul Stnall's family has acaulred the world's rJe:hts .to the-n1av. ''Trio." . --- cREDIT: Do~~d -M:_~~~~s~~: ,;~~\n· night aitd nste.iled to SOme- Or the ~~1:8 man of the \Var l:'roduction Bo~~d ~he- credit f~r _·haVing mob~«! rl!merlca's Industrial poWer which' \voh the war-. ih .·Eq.rope: -Then heard others assert that Roosevelt had won the .-w~r, that Gen. had won the \Var, that:Eisenhower had won the- war, et.c., etc. • • . ~"There was a dJscussion like this after the last war ln Europe," said Nelson, "and someone asked -1\-larshal Fo-ch: 'Did yon win the war?' Foch answered: '\Vell, I don't know. But I do know that il we had lost., I'd have been blamed.'" SOLUTION: Gen. Bill O'Dwyer, head of the War Refugee Bom:Q.._arranged for some trucks and food to be used in adminis· tering relief to war refugees who were brought out of the. battle areas to safety in Switzerland. Then came word that the job was being co\npticated by the rule that war-relief could___n_ot _hg_~dmin· istered on neutral soil.