Marshall. formerly Secretary of State. in a speech in 1946 stated that these DPs should be resettled in those countries willing to have them. The United States. he said. would surely take its fair share. Under the Truman directive of December 22. 1945. several thousand refugees residing in Germany. Austria. and Italy as DPs were granted permission to come to this country. whichever their case was. In proportion to the number of DPs taken into other countries. the United States rate was negligible so President Truman asked Congress in 1948 to open the gates of America and permit about half the remaining DPs to enter this country.
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