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American Friends Service Committee — Part 1
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JACtIS
- YWEMORAHDOUE
It ie corfidentially renorted that Norvard Yershner, American
Friends Service Corrittes, Yarsellla, corresnonded with tha srorican
Fricnia Service Coxrittos, 29 South ikth Street, Chiladelohda, Penneylvania,
by letter dated Avril 15, 1941, vcletive to fineneial tran actions of tha j
Azorican Friends Service Comittos.
A brief cucrary of the contents of this letter, according te tha
confidential scurca, 1s es folloass
*'£a alroady cabled, we have purthasod Ewles Frances £00,000 worth
of rilk in Sritserland and wa hone yon have by tifa tice racy payment. ve
ean aiso tuy for incetiate ship-ont one million Caisa francs worth ef milk,
cheese, and meat, if you advise that the money ie available to rake paynente
“las T have cabled, we quzht to have five million France zeon,
mot only to pay for the dried veretsbles which aro payable in French Frances,
bot to send one million i‘rench franca to tha Orich Relief Cocnittes and to
set up a croper reccrve for our operations in thia rons, as sa have alresdy —
done in the other cora,! ;
*atdressces are on He gt Hoe 2 tast U.She tetoils piven
of the distribution of 20 sallons of vitamins represonting a million doses
- So French children in southern France."
It is further reported thot Howard Yerghner srain corresponded
with the Anerican iricmis Service Comittee by letter dated Avril 29, 1741,
relative to fcod purchases. A brief summary of tha contenta of this letter,
according to the conlicontial source, ia as follows:
*“Aperican Friends Service Comittes Food Purchases. « Extrectar
*tRolet has just returned from Portural. It i9 a preat pity if
we ara not sllowsd to say for ths rooda he murchased there, “a boucht
a these suoopiles as ruch a3 25% under the present market = curiines for vhich
. ets pacuced selling to-day in Lisben at 2.355. Tha gunvlicrs are still
“Seitin? for cur encicr tet will crevebly not wait much lonror. Jlolst
“S—-enonorts that the Tritish officiais in Lisbon wore wry cercisl and willing
“f —encush for us ta havo the coeds but that the real diffloulty eppeared to
Greve tn to be in Yagshinstons! [OTST EA cee ame tah RR,
ee WEGSLED | lo-o ~L fF: Zz tg - LY,
-. Michele wuTLKa a tremens ? LX.
To ' iva Swisa milk aituation. Ze could not apply for permission to *
twee Sake this cilk oot of Svitcorland until we nod placed fira orders. . Sore
» Orervien owe Fd '
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