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DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION MES-275 - Brussels This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated May 16, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone (SHORDI) Rec'd. 1:25 p me, 17th Secretary of state, E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Washington. Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NIT-LE NARS Date 7.25.75 655, May 16, 2 p.m. Army is performing magnificently and far beyond official expectations or calculations in repatriation of displaced persons As of May 14 alone there have passed through Belgium en route to Franco 284,711 Frenchmen. They are now going through Belgium at rate of 20,000 per day. In addition to this they are moving back to France across other borders by rail, by truck and by plane in great numbers. Repatriation of Bolgians has been equally efficient, As of May 14 there had been repatriated to Belgium BATIONAL 105,825 persons. ARCHIVES.A! In my opinion end of July will see end of any major problem of displaced persons in Germany unless we under- take to go outside sphere of our responsibilities and help Russians take care of their own compatriots and those such as Poles, Czechs and others under their control and most of them will be out of the category of displaced persons if a comparable job is done in movements to east. This means