CHILD REFUGEES
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE I Br tlsb Official Wlrelessl (Received 25th January, 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY. 23rd January. The British Government is making immediate payment of £20.000 to the International Commission for the assistance of child refugees .in Spain. This payment is an advance in respect to a further contribution to the funds of the Commission, the amount of which has
not yet been specified. The British Government already has given £20.000 to the funds, which also i received £25,000 from other Govern-* ments and wheat from the United States to the value of £37,000. In addition other Governments already have promised further contributions totalling £85.000, while the United States promised to send wheat to the probable value of £60,000 for six months.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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122CHILD REFUGEES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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