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    "ocrText": "-2\nThe US Delegation at the Moscow Conference proposed that\nthe whole problem of DP's be referred to the International Refugee\nOrganization (IRO). The British and the French did not support\nthe US proposal, but promised cooperation with the IRO. The\nDelegation rejected the US proposal outright, insisting that the\nAROHIVES AND\nproblem of DP's should be handled by the ACC. The Soviet Delegation\nadvanced a number of counterproposals aiming at increasing the\ninfluence of the USSR on all policies affecting DP's in Western\nGermany, at prohibiting the permanent settlement of DP's on German\nterritory, and at preventing the occupation powers from charging\nthe cost of DP sustenance to the Germans.\nAt the Moscow Conference, the US agreed among other things\n(a) to accelerate the voluntary repatriation of DP's, (b) to permit\ninterested governments to approach DP's with repatristion propaganda,\n(c) to forbid propaganda against repatriation, and (d) to surrender\nway criminals found in DP camps 18 the extradition request is sup-\nported by satisfactory evidence. 1 The screening of DP's in the US\nZone to determine eligibility for being accorded care and treatment\nby the UN in assembly centors was completed in the spring of 1947.\nAfter the conference the US joined the IRO, and Ceneral\nClay as Commander-in-Chief, Furopean Command, concluded on\nJuly 9, 1947 an agreement with the Preparatory Commission for the\nIRO, turning over to this organization the actual administration\nof the DP camps and ropatriation and resettlement activities in the\nUS Zone. A similar agreement was signed by the British in June.\nThe actual transfor from UNRRA, the former holder of these functions,\nto PCIRO took place on July 1, 1947. The Soviet Foreign Office on\nAugust 26, 1947 protested against the transfer of matters regarding\ndisplaced persons to the competence of IRO; this protest was rejected\nby the United States.\n1. The UN rosolution of February 12, 1946 refers to \"war criminals,\nquislings, and traitors\" but the CFM agreement specifically refers\nto war criminals only."
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