DESTITUTE PERSONS
Big Problem for Allies LONDON. September 27. American officials in Germany estimate that nearly 1,000,080 destitute persons will be left on Allied hands during the winter, says the correspondent of the Associated Press. The refugees previously have been fed and clothed from stocks captured and requisitioned from German supplies, but these will not be sufficient for the winter. More than 5,000,000 displaced persons have been returning to their own countries in the last four months. Less than 500.000 remaining are expected to be repatriated before the spring. About 170.000 Balts refuse to be returned to areas under Russia, and 40,000 from Russian areas deny Russian citizenship. it is estimated that 250,000 Poles will refuse to return to Poland. The Allies have almost completed the repatriation of more than 2,000.000 Rifesians. The return of 25,000 Yugoslavs and 3000 Czechs from Germany is blocked because of their German descent. The Americans will probably hand over to the Czechs more than 100,000 Germans remaining in Czechoslovakia.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23318, 29 September 1945, Page 5
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