Dumb 19th century Brits---they should have selected Abyssinia ie Ethiopia... for the exiled European Jews who were predominantly Ashkenazi. Def mentioned in the Old Testament...
Maybe just as well A ________________________________ From: Mel de Quadros <[email protected]> Sent: April 3, 2022 1:09 PM To: Anita Dias <[email protected]> Cc: Goanet <[email protected]>; Goans <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Falkland Islands considered to house Uganda refugees 13 December 1972 Confidential Letter entitled ‘Private Secretary to Secretary of State – UK Passport Holder Asians’, within the FCO, signed by Mr. J.D.B. Shaw, Gibraltar & General Department, wit... Yes, that was a lucky break that the Falklands was not considered seriously, just as turn of the 19th century British offer to exiled European Jews to give them Uganda as a homeland. Luckily the bookish Jews researched Uganda, and refused it on the basis that Uganda was not mentioned in the Old Testament! What a good call by the rabbis! On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 12:42 PM Anita Dias <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Mel---with hindsight perhaps it was just as well that it did not happen as 10 years later ie 1982---Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands... Can you imagine the terror of the Ugandan Asians... being forced to flee from one scene of horror to experiencing another within a 'short' time span? A ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Mel de Quadros <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: April 3, 2022 10:40 AM To: Goanet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Goans <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Falkland Islands considered to house Uganda refugees 13 December 1972 Confidential Letter entitled ‘Private Secretary to Secretary of State – UK Passport Holder Asians’, within the FCO, signed by Mr. J.D.B. Shaw, Gibraltar & General Department, with a ... How many of us almost ended in some out of the way Atlantic island, full of sheep, as remote as Napoleon’s final exile! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1377470892485455/permalink/3267344293498096/ >From FB site Ugsnda Asian History By moderator Talib Sadikali -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tanzanite 2020" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tgoans/CAHpLSJ0WsghwkY-o%3DAxeBy%2Bbs2EiYdR-Yzek0DvieVYAQwm_Uw%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tgoans/CAHpLSJ0WsghwkY-o%3DAxeBy%2Bbs2EiYdR-Yzek0DvieVYAQwm_Uw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
