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Irgun Zvai Leumi — Part 7
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ANOTHER security order was issued by M.1.5 today
about special percautions to be taken when a
great liner docks at Southampton tomorrow, after
calling at a Middle East port on her way home.
As first stated in “The Star” yesterday, extraordinaty aN
checks are to be made by immigration authorities and detec- }
tives when the 15,000-ton Cunfirder Ascania docks at Liverp¢ol
at dawn tomorrow with 1,300/Jews aboard. - ; f
Tomorrow’s Southamptc
arrival is the 20,000 tons Orievit
linfir Otranto.
cial War Office instructions a
‘ werb given today, and when the \ y ,
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vesyel arrives only Service chicfs,
esséntial officials and people whose
credentials have been checked, will .
be allowed on board. - j \ - ~ vs
The Otranto’s passengers in-
clude a number of the Airborne
troops who. figured in the recent
court-martial trouble in Malaya.
They boarded the liner at a Far \
Eastern port and intermediate calls
‘were made at Singapore and Port
Said, where some civilians were taken ; -, ~
aboard. There are 94 civilians out of: i Aae ou ? _ 4
the total of over 1,800 Service ppr- . EoD ~ 4 fi
sonnel ayoard, : Seep
A Movement’s Officer told nie: -
“This is the only ship docking hire : :
for which these special War Office’ wh roy
instructions apply. We want as few : a
people as possible from the shore to ——
goon board. People will be allowed ~ Gr
ou,
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@n the quay.” ny
ante Special Branch officers de- oS
ited to screen the Ascania's pas-
sengers at Liverpool were leaving “s ore
London today, and immigration
.« authorities at the port, | was teld,
‘have made elaborate plans to ensure . ep
t k is thor ; - eee whe :
Among those aboard the Ascania ne ee Vb :
re hundreds of Jews, as well .as - eT -
representatives of almost every Euro-|I aa i ‘Onn
pean nationality, - . : 1 : "Is Dry
nd alse abeard the veese! are}!
bers ef the Palestine Pelice whe | !
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ft low. travellers during the-vevege.
. e Ascania is due ie up at
Liverpool landing stage at 7 am . November 13, 1946
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