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In response
to reports about Germany’s intentions to implement the "Final
Solution" in newly occupied Hungary, an urgent appeal was made
to leaders in Western countries to warn Hungary repeatedly not to
permit the annihilation of the Jews. The Hungarians should be told
emphatically, the appeal stated, that their treatment of the Jews
would become a litmus test for peace arrangements after the war.
Roosevelt responded affirmatively to the request. In a manifesto
released that very day, he not only condemned the Nazis and their
accomplices for their despicable crimes in the course of the war,
but also warned the Hungarians to refrain from any atrocities
against the Jews.
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