It was my privilege. again. last November and a part of December to visit Germany and Austria. and. once again. I inspected several of the concentration camps called "displaced persons camps" in those two countries. I was dumbfounded to learn that the number in our German zone had increased to 456.000 at that time. and in the Austrian zone to more than 230.000. and that daily we were receiving thousands of displaced persons who were coming into the American zone under the definition of refugees and persecuteesterms which have become so broadened that we have taken into our zone thousands of persons. who are classed as persecutees. who have either been expelled or who have come to the American zone for help and aid because of the fear for their lives if they remain in the countries from which they came. I think the week I was there General Clark told me that more than 30.000 of them came that week into our zones in Germany and Austria. Mr.
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