[A letter from Bentwich to Lord Herbert Samuel regarding Evian Conference]

[A letter from Bentwich to Lord Herbert Samuel regarding Evian Conference] 

[A letter from Bentwich to Lord Herbert Samuel regarding Evian Conference] 

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A letter regarding the Zionists' wish to bring before the Evian Conference the whole Jewish problem and their pressure for the opening of Palestine for larger Jewish emigration. The American government is calling the conference primarily to deal with the problem of refugees from Germany and Austria rather than with a purely Jewish problem. There is no point of turning conference into a Jewish problem and it is better to focus on non-Aryan victims in Austria. According to Bentwich, it seems to be a pity that they Zionist should at this moment stress the need for a much greater immigration into Palestine. It seems a fundamental mistake to regard Palestine as the principal haven of refugee. Bentwich addresses the financing of the immigration and establishing a body to deal with the German government and the emigrants