Well, Fedhala is north of Casablanca. There was an army camp there named Camp Marechel Lyautey and after the Bermuda Conference in the spring of 1943, when the US and British were looking for places where they could theoretically put refugees, Fedhala looked like a decent option. It got complicated quickly. Utilizing Fedhala meant negotiating between the military, the US government, the British government, the Free French (who controlled the area), the Spanish (where the refugees were), UNRRA (newly created, unsure of their role, and unfunded), and the Foreign Economic Administration, which would theoretically oversee the administration of the camp. And after January 1944, the War Refugee Board.

So even though Fedhala is designated as a refugee camp in the summer of 1943, no refugees actually arrived for nearly a year, when we’re fighting a very different war. This is a cable about the possible refugees who would go to the camp–demographics and such. You’ll see that there were also Sephardic Jews (Sephardim) who were released from concentration camps into Spain with the agreement that they would leave Spain as soon as possible. (Hint: due to the bureaucracy above, it’s gonna be a while.)