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Instead of acting upon it as we all hoped they would. the British Government insisted that before these survivors could be admitted to Palestine. there would have to be an official inquiry into their condition and the conditions of Palestine. Many valuable months were lost. When the report of the Committee of Inquiry was published. it turned out that the British and the American members had unanimously proposed what President Truman had suggested last year. namely. that 100.000 of these Jewish refugees should be admitted to Palestine within the year 1946. But again. no action followed. All kinds of delaying tactics were adopted by the British to frustrate the fulfillment of this unanimous recommendation of the AngloAmerican Committee.