Letter to Prime Minister Clement Attlee

August 31, 1945 My dear Mr. Prime Minister: Because of the natural interest of this Government in the present condition and future fate of those displaced persons in Germany who may prove to be stateless or non- repatriable, we recently sent Mr. Earl G. Harrison to inquire into the situation. Mr. Harrison was formerly the United States Com- missioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and is now the Representative of this Government on the Intergovern- mental Committee on Refugees. The United Kingdom and the United States, as you know, have taken an active interest in the work of this Committee. Instructions were given to Mr. Harrison to inquire particularly into the problems and noeds of the Jewish refugees among the diaplaced persons. Mr. Harrison visited not only the American zone in Germany, but spent some time also in the British zone where he was extended every courtesy by the 2lst Army Headquarters. I have now received his report. In view of our conversations at Potsdam I am sure that you will find cer- tain portions of the roport interesting. I am, therefore, sending you a copy. I should like to call your attention to the con- clusions and recormendations appearing on page 8 and the following pages - especially the references to Palestine. It appears that the available certificates for immigration to Palestine will be exhausted in the near future. It is suggested that the granting of an additional one hundred thousand of such certificates would contribute greatly to a sound solution for the future of Jows still in Gormany and Austria, and for other Jewish refugees who do not wish to remain where they are or who for understandable reasons do not desire to return to their countries of origin. 3. "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE ARCHIVES AND : Cavs