The question of the Senator from Illinois is a very legitimate one. and I may say to my friend that I can answer it conclusively. for it happened that at that period of history it was my duty. along with many others. to handle the question of repatriation. There was no attempt on the part of the American troops in the European theater to seek to repatriate those whom we had reason to believe would be harmed when they went home. but we were prohibited from attempting to repatriate those whom we had every reason to believe could be resettled and could make their own living in the countries from which they came. The reason why they were not repatriated was that they. as individuals. determined whether they should go back where they came from. If they said. "We do not wish to go back." they were not required to go back. even though those of us who were handling it knew that there was no conceivable reason why they should not go back to where they came from. except their avowed purpose of getting themselves into a displacedpersons camp~through which they could come to America. knowing they would not be accepted for decades through the immigration channels of this Nation.
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Implying that displaced persons are trying to game the system to immigrate to America.