President. constituted a new class of European displaced persons which our Nation. through its spokesman. participated in creating. More than 3.000.000 of these peoples have. since the end of the war. been driven into the American zone of Germany alone. And I m~y say at this point. that although the constitution of the International Refugee Organization embraces people all over the world who are or who may hereafter be out of their country of nationality and who are fearful of returning. the 10.000.000 persons who were displaced pursuant to the Potsdam agreement are expressly excluded by the constitution from the care and assistance of the IRO. They are not looked upon today as being dis.placed persons. As a matter of fact. if we are going to be fair on the subject of displaced persons. there are no persons more displaced than those left outside the definition of displaced persons under the IRO. A few of these Volksdeutsche. as they are called. have. however. been admitted into refugee camps operated by the military authorities. There was no other place for them. The army of occupation had to do something with them. The members of the committee who visited Europe saw one of these camps near Viennanear the famous Vienna Woodsunder the control of the United States Army at that place. But these persons are not recognized by the IRO. which has been organized and to which we have subscribed. and to which we have paid most of the money received by it and expended in its administration of these refugees. But that. Mr.
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