J. Donald Kingsley, Director-General of the International Refugee Organization, which is now in process of liquidation, announced today that an agreement has been concluded between I.R.O. , the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the recently-established Provisional Inter-Governmental Committee for the movement of migrants from Europe for aiding refugees in China.
The refugee group, now in the Shanghai area, are mainly of Russian and Baltic origin. They also include some refugees from Central Europe, most of them Jewish. Under the new agreement, the High Commissioner will take over full responsibility for the group on March 1. The I.R.O. will contribute $300,000 for their care and maintenance. An additional $500,000 will be established to pay for transport of those refugees who can obtain immigration visas to other countries.
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