The information furnished me Is very much in keeping with the evidence taken on our trip in Europe. That evidence was transcribed. and is In the record of the committee. It is to the effect that 40 percent of the applications for visas on the part of displaced persons to come into this country under the Presidents directive was forged and fraudulent. That is the number that have been discovered. and I shall say they were discovered due to the diligent work of the consular officers. even with the small staffs they had. Furthermore. let me say that attached to some of those staffs were some of the intelligence men who had served in the Army. and through the work thus carried on it was discovered that 40 percent of the application papers were forged.
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Generalization that 40% of visa applications from displaced persons are forged.