Note: United States--British Collaboration on Illegal Immigration to Palestine, 1945--1947
Tags: JEWS -- Migrations; ILLEGAL aliens; POLITICAL refugees; JEWISH refugees; JEWS, European; SAILING ships; INTERNATIONAL relations
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