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REJECTION OF PROTEST
CHECK ON REFUGEES WASHINGTON, June le Germany yesterday formally delivered to the State Department a strong protest against the expulsion of consular officials charged with violation ot the treaty of commerce and Iriendship ol 192-». Mr. Sumner Welles indicated that it would be flatly rejected. The State Department, has instructed American representatives in all parts of the world to refuse- visas to refugees with close relatives in Germany or German-controlled territories. I his is a departure from the traditional policy of providing refuge for the oppressed. and is due to the Na/,i custom of forcing refugees to become spies through threats or actual torture of close relatives,
The St:>tl)'-J»arlln<■ 111 realises that the decision debars many otherwise eligible immigrants. but says it is necessary in view ol the evidence that, such Nazi terrorism Has olten worked to Oermanv's advantage
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 8
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