"We Must Not Be Betrayed"

Last week in Bermuda, three British delegates, three American delegates, and assorted advisers, censors and other assistants held the first of a series of international conferences initiated by President Roosevelt. Subject: refugees, and the plight of oppressed millions who yearn to escape from Nazi Europe. Announced accomplishments: none, as might have been expected of any such conference in wartime. The official explanation (by Richard Kidston Law, Britain's Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs):

"We must not be betrayed by our feelings of humanity and compassion into courses of action which might postpone the day of liberation."

What seemed probable was that Mr. Roosevelt had no real program for this particular conference, but was anxious to encourage public officials of the two nations to engage in preliminary discussions of a difficult and tragic problem.

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