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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 11, folder \"Indochina Refugees - President's\nAdvisory Committee: Background Papers (1)\" of the Theodore C. Marrs Files at the\nGerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nStite\n5\nDate: SEP 1 3 1976\nTitle: President's Advisory Committee on Refugees, Interagency\nTask Force, Background Papers. May 19, 1975. 66p.\nVol.\n, No.\n, Year\nPlease send us the above cited publication. Notify us of any charges. A mailing label\nis enclosed for your convenience.\nRemarks:\nPresident of the United States\nWashington, D.C.\n20500\nMail to:\nFORD & LIBRARY 938830\nLaw Library\nThe University of Iowa\nIowa City, Iowa 52242\nAttn.: Gov. Docs.\nDigitized from Box 11 of the Theodore C. Marrs Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTo\nLAW LIBRARY\nThe University of Iowa\nIowa City, Iowa 52242\nATTN: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS\nE\nPLURIBUS UNUM\nThe University of Iowa\nLaw Library\nE CRAPIDSI APIDSIRS PM\nUSA13c\nlowa City, lowa 52242\n14\nAttn: Gov. Docs.\n1976\nONE ND NATIONAND VISIBLE VISIBLE\nPresident of the United States\nWashington, D.C.\n20500\nRIJUIN\nSONG MO!\nNEW LIFE\nAn hanh boi Co Quan Dac Nhiem Ty Nan HEW\nPublished by the HEW Refugee Task Force\nRoom 1179\nDonohoc Building\n330 Independence Ave., S.W.\nWashington, D. C. 20201\nTelephone: (202) 472-2410\nJuly 8, 1976\nMrs. Velma Shelton\nAdministrative Assistant\nPublic Liaison\nThe White House\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\nWashington, D. C. 20500\nDear Mrs. Shelton:\nWe on the Task Force were able to locate the report\ndated May 19, 1975. We have had about 100 reprinted\nand have now responded to the requests for them.\nThank you for your assistance. A copy of the reprint\nis enclosed for your files.\nI realized I was confusing that report with one\ndated January 30, 1976. We have, on occasion\nreceived requests for that report entitled \"The\nPresident's Advisory Committee on Refugees Final\nReport to the President.\" We only have one\nxeroxed copy of it in our Congressional Liaison\nand Public Information Office of the Task Force.\nDo you think you might be able to forward 3 copies\nof the report to me? I have enclosed a xerox copy\nof the cover and the first four pages of that\nreport. Any help you could give us in this matter\nwould be greatly appreciated.\nSincerely,\nCelester Havis\nCelestine G. Harris\nStaff Assistant\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 8, 1976\nDear Mrs. Harris:\nI would appreciate your sending a copy of the Interagency\nTask Force Background Papers on the President's Advisory\nCommittee on Refugees to the Law Library of the University\nof Iowa, in accord with the attached request.\nWith best wishes.\nSincerely,\nVelma H. Shelton\nMrs. Celestine G. Harris\nStaff Assistant\nHEW Refugee Task Force Donohoe Building, Room 1179\n330 Independence Avenue, S. W.\nWashington, D. C. 20201\nTHE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE\nON REFUGEES\nBackground Papers\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nINTERAGENCY TASK FORCE\nMay 19, 1975\nTHE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE\nON REFUGEES\nBackground Papers\nPage\nGENERAL BACKGROUND\n1 The History of the Task Force\n6 Analysis of Refugee Situation\n8 Evacuation and Resettlement Data\n12 Summary of Evacuation Instructions\n14 Parole\n16 Congressional Bill and Analysis\nRESETTLEMENT\n20 Refugee. Characteristics\n22 The Refugee Plan\n30 International Efforts\n38 Resettlement in Third Countries\n39 Processing of Indochinese Refugees\nROLES\n47 Role of INS\n48 Role of HEW\nHUNGARIAN REFUGEE PROGRAM\n51 The Hungarian Refugee Program\nHISTORY OF THE TASK FORCE\nOn April 18, 1975, the President appointed\nAmbassador L. Dean Brown as his Special Representative\nand Director of the Special Inter Agency Task Force to\ncoordinate all U.S. Government activities concerning\nevacuation, humanitarian and refugee problems relating\nto Indochina (Attachment A). On the same day, the\nAssistant to the President for National Security Affairs\ninstructed the various Departments and Agencies of\ngovernment to give full support to Ambassador Brown\n(Attachment B).\nAmbassador Brown immediately assembled a small\nstaff of officers from various agencies -- DOD, State,\nUSIA and AID -- which has operated since then virtually\naround the clock from the Operations Center of the\nState Department.\nHe also established a much larger group, which met\ndaily, and included senior officers from all Depart-\nments and Agencies which had short and long-range\ninterests in the execution and management of this\noperation. The Departments and Agencies included\nwere DOD, Justice, INS, HEW, CIA, USIA, OMB, AID,\nTransportation, Treasury, Labor, Interior, HUD and\nState. This group continues to meet regularly.\nThe work of both the smaller and larger groups\nwas directed at planning and solving the problems of\nthe evacuation of Americans and Vietnamese from Viet-Nam,\nselection of staging areas in the Western Pacific and\nreception centers in the United States, permanent\nresettlement, and financial support for these activities.\nAs the flow of refugees moved into the United\nStates, the Task Force was expanded in order to provide\na better mechanism for backstopping the staging areas\nand reception centers. This group, charged with re-\nsettlement activities, has three principal sections:\na section responsible for Congressional, public and\npress queries (includes a 24-hour toll free operation\nfor persons who wish to sponsor refugees) ; desk\n1\nofficers for each of the reception areas in the United\nStates and staging areas in the Western Pacific; and a\nunit to deal with computer operations designed to permit\nmore orderly management over the large flow of refugees\nentering the United States.\nAttachments:\nA. Presidential Announcement, April 18, 1975\nB. Memorandum from Assistant to the President\nfor National Security Affairs, April 18, 1975\n2\nAttachment A\nHistory of Task Force\nPRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT\nApril 18, 1975\nTO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY BY PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN\nI have today appointed Ambassador Dean Brown as\nmy Special Representative and Director of a special\nInter-Agency Task Force to coordinate all U.S. Government\nactivities concerning evacuation, humanitarian and refugee\nproblems relating to Vietnam. He will work under my\ndirection and that of the Assistant to the President\nfor National Security Affairs. His responsibilities\nwill involve all relevant Departments of the U. S.\nGovernment.\nAmbassador Brown has been called back to service\nto take on this important task. He has been serving\nas President of the Middle East Institute from which he\nwill take a leave of absence.\nIn 1974-75 Ambassador Brown was Deputy Under\nSecretary for Management in the State Department.\nEarlier (1967-70) he served as Ambassador to Senegal and\nGambia and as Ambassador to Jordan (1970-1973). He was\nsent as a Special Representative to Cyprus in the summer\nof 1974 after the assassination of Ambassador Davies.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\n3\nAttachment B\nHistory of Task Force\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 18, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR\nThe Secretary of the Treasury\nThe Secretary of Defense\nThe Attorney General\nThe Secretary of Labor\nThe Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare\nThe Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\nThe Secretary of Transportation\nThe Director, Office of Management and Budget\nThe Deputy Secretary of State\nThe Administrator of the Agency for International\nDevelopment\nThe Director of Central Intelligence\nThe Director of the Immigration and Naturalization\nService\nThe President has today appointed Ambassador Dean Brown\nas his Special Representative and Director of a Special\nInter-Agency Task Force to coordinate for the President\nall U.S. Government activities concerning evacuation of\nUnited States citizens, Vietnamese citizens, and third\ncountry nationals from Vietnam, as well as humanitarian\nassistance to Vietnam and refugee and resettlement\nproblems relating to the Vietnam conflict. Ambassador\nBrown will work under the direction of the President\nand the Assistant to the President for National Security\nAffairs. All decisions and activities on these matters\nwill be coordinated through Ambassador Brown and his\nTask Force.\nThe President expects that Ambassador Brown will receive\nfull cooperation and support from all elements of the\nUnited States Government.\n4\n- 2 -\nYou should immediately appoint a senior official as your\nrepresentative on the Task Force and as the official\nresponsible within your agency for all matters relating\nto these subjects and contact with Ambassador Brown.\n/s/\nHenry A. Kissinger\nThe Chairman, JCS\n5\nANALYSIS OF THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE SITUATION\nTOTAL\n126,656 Under American Protection: On May 17, 1975, there were\njust under 130,000 Vietnamese under American protection.\nof this total, over 60,000 were located at the American\ndesignated staging areas on Guam and Wake or at trans-\nshipment points in the Philippines preparing to embark on\nships or aircraft for staging centers. 3,765 Vietnamese\nwere or. the high seas. 17,000 Vietnamese were being\nprocessed through reception centers at Travis and Eglin\nAir Force Bases or at Camp Pendleton and Fort Chaffee.\nAll the refugees left Vietnam during our planned evacua-\ntion or were rescued at sea or escorted from Vietnamese\ncoastal waters. The refugees include the dependents of\nAmerican citizens and permanent residents as well as\nindividuals who may qualify for parole under the high\nrisk category.\nIn addition to American immigration authorities in\nour staging and reception centers, Australian and\nCanadian authorities are or shortly will be present.\nThe United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)\nand the Intergovernmental Committee on European\nMigration (ICEM) are represented on Guam. We anticipate\nthat as many as 20,000 of all those Vietnamese refugees\nunder or outside American protection will be resettled\nin third countries as a result of their activities, the\nnormal reuniting of families or our bilateral diplomatic\ninitiatives.\nThere were on May 17 some 800 Cambodians in Thailand\nwhom we intend to parole for entry into the United States.\n5,200 Refugees in Third Countries: To date, about 15,600\n(est.) Vietnamese have fled to third countries. Small and large\ncraft, in decreasing numbers, continue to arrive in\ncountries near the states of Indochina. We estimate that\nthere are about 3,700 Vietnamese currently in Hong Kong,\nand 500 along the Malaysian coast. There were about\n7,100 in Singapore, but all except about 1,000 have now\ndeparted on their own for the Philippines, Guam, and some\npossibiy for return to Vietnam. We do not know how many\nmore may arrive but we have made our position clear. The\nUnited States expects that refugees will receive the\nprotection normally extended under the United Nations\nConvention and Protocol on the Status of Refugees. If\na recipient country will not receive them, it is our\nposition that UNHCR and ICEM should be called into\naction. However, we know already that Hong Kong and\n6\n- 2 -\nTOTAL\n(cont'd.)\nSingapore are not prepared to hold Vietnamese\nrefugees and we anticipate they will enter the\nAmerican stream.\n15,200\nStranded Indochinese in the United States:\nAccording to the Immigration and Naturalization\nService's latest statistics, there are almost\n14,000 Vietnamese students, diplomats, businessmen,\ntrainees and others stranded in the United States.\nThey will be allowed to stay and resettle. In\naddition, there are 1,200 Cambodians in the same\ncategory.\n6,000-12,000\nIndochinese Stranded in Third Countries: We\nunderstand there are approximately 1,400 Vietnamese\ndiplomats and their families and estimate anywhere\nfrom 6,000 to 12,000 Vietnamese students, travelers,\nand businessmen stranded in third countries. The\nlatter category is only a preliminary estimate;\nit is too early to determine how many will seek\nentry or have to resettle in the United States.\nWe are, in this regard, again calling on inter-\nnational agencies and individual nations for\ncooperation.\nGrand Total\n153,000\n(est.)\n7\nEVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT\nOF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES\nBACKGROUND DATA\nEvacuation\n- 86,000 U.S. citizens and South Vietnamese have\nbeen evacuated by air and sea by U.S. military.\n- All American citizens who wanted to leave South\nVietnam did get out.\n- An estimated 41,000 more South Vietnamese have\nfled their country on boats, by ship or over land.\n- Only $98 million is available under existing\nauthority for the evacuation program. Almost all\nof this amount has now been spent.\nRestaging Sites\n- All refugees are being processed through Guam and\nWake Islands where they are receiving housing,\nfood, Immigration and Naturalization Service\nscreening, and rigorous health care.\n- An international appeal by the U.S. to obtain\nopportunities for resettlement in third countries\nhas resulted in the active participation of the\nUN High Commissioner for Refugees, The Inter-\ngovernmental Committee for European Migration, and\nThe International Red Cross on Guam. Representatives\nare on site assisting in such resettlement. The\nAustralians and the Canadians have immigration\nofficials at restaging sites.\n- The health of the refugees is generally very good;\nno unusual health problems exist.\n- Less than 100 people out of the first 30,000 on\nGuam were hospitalized, mostly because of pneumonia,\nmild diarrhea, and pregnancy, but no serious dis-\neases.\n- The Immigration and Naturalization Service is\nquickly processing those refugees whose documents\nare in order and are eligible for entry into U.S.\n8\n- The Public Health Service, Center for Disease\nControl, has established a surveillance system to\nidentify and treat illness.\nReception Centers in the United States\n- The three centers are Camp Pendleton, California;\nFort Chaffee, Arkansas; Eglin Air Force Base,\nFlorida.\n- American voluntary agencies which have facilitated\nthe resettlement of millions of displaced persons\nand war victims are working closely with the\nUnited States Government to resettle those ref-\nugees who enter the U.S.\n- The major agencies are:\nU.S. Catholic Conference\nMigration and Refugee Services\n1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.\nWashington, D. C.\n202-659-6631\nAmerican Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees\n1709 Broadway, Room 1316\nNew York, N. Y. 10019\n212-265-1919\nChurch World Service\nImmigration and Refugee Program\n475 Riverside Drive\nNew York, New York 10027\n212-870-2061\nLutheran Immigration and Refugee Service\n315 Park Avenue South\nNew York, New York 10010\n212-677-3950\nUnited Hias Service, Inc.\n200 Park Avenue South\nNew York, New York 10003\n212-674-6800\nTolstoy Foundation, Inc.\n250 West 57th Street\nNew York, New York 10019\n212-674-6800\n9\nInternational Rescue Committee\n386 Park Avenue South\nNew York, New York 10016\n212-247-2922\nAmerican Council for Nationalities Service\n20 West 40th Street\nNew York, New York\n212-279-2715\nTraveler's Aid-International Social Services\n345 East 46th Street\nNew York, New York\n212-687-5958\n- In addition, the Red Cross and Travelers Aid\nInternational have provided extraordinary assistance.\n- The private sector has come forward with major\nexpressions of assistance. United Airlines, for\nexample, has worked out an arrangement with other\nairlines to provide transportation from reception\ncenters to final destinations throughout the\ncountry.\n- By the time each refugee leaves a reception site\nhe will be identified by a voluntary resettlement\nagency, sponsored locally, and receive a rigorous\nhealth screening. All children, age 1-5 will also\nhave received immunizations for measles, rubella,\npolio, diptheria, pertussis, and tetanus.\n- The voluntary agencies will assume responsibility\nfor finding housing, enrolling children in schools,\nassisting in employment opportunities for heads of\nhouseholds, assisting in language skill developments,\netc.\nResettlement\n-- Every effort will be made to ensure the resettlement\nwill not be concentrated in a few enclaves in the\ncountry and will not result in economic or social\nservice hardship.\n10\nThe Department of HEW, subject to Congressional\naction on the Administration bill, will provide\nfull reimbursement to State and local social ser-\nvice and health agencies for costs incurred in\nproviding income assistance, health maintenance,\nand social and educational services to refugees\nwho are ir need of such assistance.\nRecent Refugee Emigrations\nDisplaced Persons\n1945-1952\n450,000\nEastern Europeans 1953-1956 189,000\nHungarians\n1956-1957\n30,701\nCubans\n1959-Present\n675,000\nTOTAL\n1,344,701\nA\nbad\n11\nSUMMARY OF EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS\nCommencing in late March, the Department requested\nEmbassy Saigon to provide weekly status reports regarding\nthe total numbers and welfare of Americans and others for\nwhom the United States had emergency evacuation responsi-\nbility. Subsequent instructions were aimed at obtaining\nfrom Embassy Saigon information related to the categories\nand priorities of those Vietnamese to whom the United\nStates had a moral obligation to evacuate and who would\nbe most endangered under a communist regime, for example,\nclose relatives of American citizens, Vietnamese employees\nof the United States Government and their families, rank-\ning government of South Viet-Nam officials and their\nfamilies, and others the Embassy felt should be included.\nBy early April the Embassy had been instructed by\nthe Department to hegin to reduce the number of Americans\nin Viet-Nam, arranging for the departure first of all\ndependents of official Americans, all official Americans\nwho had already been evacuated from Military Regions 1 and\n2 and who no longer had any function to perform in the\ncountry, and all dependents of contractor personnel. The\nEmbassy was instructed further to suggest to non-official\nAmericans that they consider sending out their dependents,\nand to urge less essential non-official American personnel\nto also depart. A twice weekly report requirement from the\nEmbassy was levied, to provide a breakdown of total\nAmericans remaining in specific categories such as United\nStates Government personnel, U.S. contractors, non-U.S.\nGovernment Americans. At the same time a priority list-\ning of categories and totals of evacuees, from highest\nto lowest responsibility, was requested.\nBy April 14 the Department had conveyed to the Embassy\nthe limited parole authority which had been obtained in\nbehalf of alien relatives physically present in Viet-Nam and\nof American citizens also present in Viet-Nam. This parole\nauthority was obtained in recognition of the relationship\nof moving American citizens out of Viet-Nam who had non-\nAmerican citizen relatives whom they did not wish to leave\nbehind.\n12\n- 2 -\nBy the third week of April the Department had\ninstructed the Embassy to attempt to broaden the categories\nof Vietnamese citizens who could be exempted from the\nVietnamese travel ban. In this regard, the Department\nhad in mind particularly the safety of Vietnamese\nclosely associated with the United States, including\nU.S. employees and relatives of American citizens\nand resident aliens.\nEarly in the fourth week of April the Department\nauthorized the Embassy to plan for the evacuation of\ncertain categories of Vietnamese, such as: threatened\nrelatives of American citizens; important government,\narmed forces and police officials whose cooperation\nwould be needed in the evacuation; individuals with\nspecial knowledge of U.S. intelligence procedures;\nimportant former Viet Minh and rallyers from the\ncommunist side who would be especially threatened;\nsignificant political and intellectual figures whose\nassociation with U.S. policies made them particularly\nvulnerable; trusted local employees, including those\nof voluntary agencies and private American companies.\nIn the final week before the end of the evacua-\ntion, the Department instructed the Embassy to accord\npriority in the evacuation to the families and\ndependents of American citizens.\n13\nPAROLE\nJ. Meaning of Parole\nTHE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OF 1952, AS\nAMENDED, (SECTION 212 (d) (5) DEFINES PAROLE AS FOLLOWS:\n\"The Attorney General may in his\ndiscretion parole into the United States\ntemporarily under such conditions as he\nmay prescribe for emergent reasons or\nfor reasons deemed strictly in the public\ninterest any alien applying for admission\nto the United States, but such parole\nof such alien shall not be regarded as\nan admission of the alien and when the\npurposes of such parole shall, in the\nopinion of the Attorney General, have\nbeen served the alien shall forthwith\nreturn or be returned to the custody\nfrom which he was paroled and thereafter\nhis case shall continue to be dealt\nwith in the same manner as that of any\nother applicant for admission to the\nUnited States.'\nIJ. Parole Categories Affecting Vietnamese and Cambodians\nThe number and categories of Vietnamese and Cambodians\neligible for parole into the United States has changed\non several occasions over the past two months. The\nfirst group to benefit were the 2,000 Vietnamese\norphans who were brought to the United States under\n\"Operation Babylift.\" As pressure mounted to de-\ncrease the size of the American community in Saigon,\nthis parole authority was extended to include the\ndependents of American citizens resident in Vietnam.\non April 17, the President approved parole for six\nadditional categories of Vietnamese and Cambodians.\nThese included:\n1,000\nCambodians who had been evacuated\nunder operation Eagle Pull (the\nevacuation of the Embassy in Phnom\nPenh)\n14\n5,000\nCambodian diplomats, high level\nofficials, and others whose lives\nmight be endangered if they returned\nto Cambodia.\n3,000\nVietnamese relatives of American\ncitizens or permanent resident aliens\nin the U.S. for whom petitions for\nentry into the U.S. had already\nbeen filed.\n100\nVietnamese who were stranded at\nClark Air Force Base and whose pres-\nence in the Philippines was strain-\ning our relations with that country.\n10,000-75,000\nVietnamese nationals who are the im-\nmediate relatives of American citizens\nand permanent residents for whom\npetitions have not yet been filed.\nup to 50,000\nHigh risk Vietnamese including U.S.\nemployees, labor leaders, political,\nand intellectual figures and government\npersonnel.\nThe total number of refugees anticipated among the different\ngroups was 130,000. Congress was consulted and agreement\nwas achieved.\nOn May 3, Secretary Kissinger requested the President\nto authorize parole for 150,000 Vietnamese and Cambodians\ninto the United States with the understanding that we\nwould attempt to resettle at least 20,000 of this number\nabroad. The President agreed and informed the Attorney\nGeneral. Since the refugees were arriving in Guam inde-\npendently and without previous documentation -- as stateless\npersons and often in dire straits -- and Guam is part of the\nU.S. for immigration purposes, this expanded authority\nwas necessary. At about the same time the division among\nthe categories was abandoned and the definition of high\nrisk was broadened to include a wider range of people\nwhose lives might be endangered under a Communist Govern-\nment.\n15\nA BILL\nTo enable the United States to render assistance to or\nin behalf of certain migrants and refugees.\n1\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of\n2\nRepresentatives of the United States of America in\n3\nCongress assembled, That this Act may be cited as\n4\n\"The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act\n5\nof 1975.\n6\nSEC. 2.\n(a) Subject to the provisions of\n7\nsubsection (b), there are hereby authorized to be\n8\nappropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise\n9\navailable for such purposes, such sums as may be\n10\nnecessary for the performance of functions set\n11\nforth in the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act\n12\nof 1962 (76 Stat. 121), as amended, with respect to\n13\naliens who have fled from Cambodia or Vietnam, such\n14\nsums to remain available until expended.\n15\n(b) None of the funds authorized to\n16\nbe appropriated by this Act shall be available for\n1.7\nthe performance of functions after June 30, 1976,\n18\nother than carrying out the provisions of clauses (3),\n19\n(4), (5) and (6) of section 2 (b) of the Migration and\n20\nRefugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended. None of\n21\nsuch funds shall be available for obligation for any\n22\npurpose after September 30, 1977.\n16\n2\n1\nSEC. 3.\nIn carrying out functions utilizing\n2\nthe funds made available under this Act, the term\n3\n\"refugee\" as defined in section 2 (b) (3) of the\n4\nMigration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as\n5\namended, shall be deemed to include aliens who\n6\n(A) because of persecution or fear of persecution\n7\non account of race, religion, or political opinion,\n8\nfled from Cambodia or Vietnam; (B) cannot return\n9\nthere because of fear of persecution on account of\n10\nrace, religion, or political opinion; and (c) are in\n11\nurgent need of assistance for the essentials of life.\n17\nANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT\nMIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1975\nThe draft bill provides an express statutory\nauthorization for a temporary program of relief\nand resettlement for refugees from Cambodia and\nVietnam. This program, extending no longer than\nthe end of the fiscal year 1977, would be carried\nout under the authorities contained in the Migra-\ntion and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended.\nHowever, because it does not constitute permanent\nauthority, the proposed legislation is in the form\nof a separate law, rather than an amendment to the\n1962 Act.\nTitle. Section 1 identifies this Act as the\n\"Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975\".\nThis title associates the legislation with the\nMigration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962,\nwhile also emphasizing that it is a separate act for a\ntemporary program.\nAuthorization. Section 2 (a) authorizes the appro-\npriation of funds for assistance to Cambodian and\nVietnameserefugees. The assistance would be\nprovided under the Migration and Refugee Assist-\nance Act of 1962, as amended, utilizing established\nprocedures and administrative machinery with which\nthe voluntary agencies and state and local govern-\nments are familiar.\nDuring the next fourteen months, it is estimated\nthat appropriations in the amount of $507,000,000\nwill be required to carry out a program of temporary\nrelief, transportation, and resettlement in the\nUnited States and third countries for 150,000\nrefugees. Additional costs for assistance to or\nin behalf of refugees in the United States will be\nincurred in fiscal year 1977. Because this program\nspans slightly more than two fiscal years, section\n2(a) authorizes the appropriations to remain\navailable until expended. However, the authoriza-\ntion is subject to the provisions of section 2 (b)\nwhich limits the duration of the program to June\n30, 1976, except for the functions within the\nUnited States, with respect to which the authoriza-\ntion continues through fiscal year 1977. In the\nevent of a need for funds for resettlement in\nthird countries or other overseas activities after\nJune 30, 1976, they would be requested in the\n18\n- 2 -\nnormal authorization and appropriation process\nunder the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of\n1962, as amended.\nDefinition of Refugee. Section 3 extends to\nrefugees who have fled from Cambodia and Vietnam\nthe authorities in the Migration and Refugee\nAssistance Act which are applicable the refugees in\nthe United States from within the Western Hemisphere.\nThese authorities include assistance to state and\nlocal public agencies, transportation of refugees\nto other areas within the United States, and\ntraining for employment. Programs under the\nauthority of this section will be available only\nto those refugees who meet the requirements of\nfinancial need applicable to other refugees assisted\nunder the 1962 Act and will terminate no later\nthan the end of the fiscal year 1977, upon the\nexpiration of the authorization contained in\nsection 2.\nGERALD FORD (PRAN)\n19\nREFUGEE PROFILE\nAGE DISTRIBUTION (based on 98,000 responses)\nChildren Under 12\n32.7%\nTeenagers\n16.8%\nYoung Adults\n29.7%\nMiddle Aged\n17.6%\nElderly\n3.2%\nII\nSIKELY DESTINATIONS OF REFUGEES (BASED ON FIRST\n4,771 OFFERS OF SUPPORT)\nEast\n22%\nSouth\n22%\nMidwest\n22%\nWest\n34%\nIII\nOCCUPATIONAL DATA\nThe Department of Labor reviewed a sample of 223 forms\nfilled out by Vietnamese heads of household on one day\nat Camp Pendleton.\nThe sample indicates the following occupations for the\nheads of household:\n29\npercent were professionals or businessmen.\nIncluded two ministers.\n13.9\npercent were skilled workers\n15.2\npercent were clerical workers\n2\npercent were journalists\n10\npercent housewives\n14\npercent students\n20\n-2-\n3\npercent military\n.9 percent (less than one) agriculture\n12\npercent not specified\n21\nREFUGEE PLAN\nWe are now estimating that up to 150,000 Vietnamese\nand Cambodian refugees will be resettled. Of this\nnumber, we hope about 15,000 can be taken by other\ncountries, leaving roughly 130,000-135,000 to be settled\nin the U.S.\nOut planning is premised on four basic principles.\nThese include:\n-- maximum internationalization of the problem;\n-- maximum dependence on international and domes-\ntic voluntary agencies and private resources;\n-- minimum impact on areas in the United States\ncurrently suffering high rates of unemployment;\nand\n-- maximum coordination among the many federal,\nstate and local government and community\norganizations together with the voluntary\nagencies, that will be involved in refugee\nresettlement.\nWithin the context of these estimates and uncertain-\nties, our current plan for resettlement is described as\nfollows:\n22\n-2-\nThe mujor elements of the resettlement plan are:\n-- mobilization of international and domestic\nresources;\n-- movement of refugees to staging areas;\n-- third country resettlement;\n-- movement of refugees to United States reception\ncenters;\n-- reception center processing and preparation for\nresettlement;\n-- the voluntary agency resettlement program;\n--- post-sponsorship assistance;\n-- contingency federal government planning for\nresidual resettlement problems; and\n-- funding.\nThe Mobilization of Resources. This consists of several\nelements, the principal of which are: marshalling the\ncooperation and assistance of other countries in re-\nsettling refugees, collection and verification of United\nStates sponsors and private offers of assistance, estab-\nlishment of staging areas and continental United States\nreception centers, mobilizing voluntary agencies, estab-\nlishment of inter-agency resettlement teams at the cen-\nters, computerizing all refugee data, offers of sponsor-\nship and offers of private assistance, and using this\ndata to assess the impact of resettlement. We are\nseeking rapid approval of Congressional appropriations\nto help fund the major elements of the program.\nThe Movement of Refugees to Staging Areas. This phase\nof the operation has been mostly accomplished. Using\nthe Department of Defense's transportation and logis-\ntics system, we have moved from Vietnam, the Philippines\nand Thailand by air and see 126,000 refugees to two main\nstaging areas -- Guam and Wake Island.\nThe main tasks at the staging areas are to provide the\nbasic necessities of food, shelter and health care, if\nneeded, and compile basic identification data. It is\n23\n-3-\nalso the function of the staging areas to manifest\nrefugees and arrange for their onward transportation\nto reception centers in the continental United States,\nutilizing military and commercial aircraft.\nThese programs will be carried out in military facili-\nties and administered by a joint DOD/STATE/AID/INS/HEW\nteam, assisted by voluntary and international organi-\nzations which include inter alia United Nations High\nCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) International\nCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Committee\nfor European Migration (ICEM).\nThird Country Resettlement. As stated earlier, we hope\nthat third countries will be able to absorb as many as\n15,000 refugees. Primary responsibility for this activ-\nity rests with the United Nations High Commissioner for\nRefugees (UNHCR) and the International Commission for\nEuropean Migration (ICEM) working with both the countries\nof asylum and the resettlement countries. These agencies\nare already in contact with many of these countries who\nhave expressed an interest in receiving Vietnamese.\nSpecific numbers for each country and plans to assist this\neffort are not yet fully developed. The United States will\nassist ICEM with transportation arrangements to the extent\nrequired. It is also envisioned that onward movement to\nthird countries will occur at each stage of the refugee\nresettlement process; in other words, at the staging areas,\nreception centers or even after release from the reception\ncenters.\nWe will also provide for the return to Vietnam or Cambodia\nfor those refugees who request it. Arrangements for the\nreturn of these refugees to their home country also will\nbe made with ICEM or UNHCR.\nReception Center Processing and Preparation for Initial\nResettlement.\nWe plan that all refugees destined for resettlement in the\nU.S. will be brought to one of three reception centers --\nCamp Pendleton, California; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; or\nCamp Eglin, Florida.\nThe major planned activities at the reception centers will\nbe:\n-- provision of basic needs such as food, shelter,\nclothing and other necessities.\nfinal processing\n24\n-4-\n-- orientation to life in the United States and\ncounselling, conducted in large part by the vol-\nuntary agencies.\n-- recreation activities.\n-- arranging sponsorship. Using computerized data\ndeveloped in the identification, processing and coun-\nselling stages, voluntary agencies will match refugees\nwith offers of sponsorship. In its entirety, the\nprocess includes contact with the proposed sponsor,\na voluntary agency assessment of the sponsor's\ncapability to sponsor, and voluntary agency assurance\nthat, in their judgment, the sponsor has the capacity\nand will assume'a moral responsibility for the\nrefugees.\n-- in-center education, training, and further orientation\nfor those refugees lacking immediate sponsorship.\nThe centers will be able to utilize the services of local\nvolunteer groups, e.g., recreation programs and distribution\nof donated goods, but should not be a burden on the local\ncommunitics.\nIn summary, the activities in the reception centers will\nomphasize the fastest processing and outflow possible\nconsistent with immigration requirements and the best\ninterests of the refugees. At the same time, vie recognize\nthat life in camp must be more than food, shelter and pro-\ncessing in order to maintain emotional stability among the\nrefugees and ensure they are ready for integration into\nAmerican society. Therefore, activities such as refugee\nself-government, ethnic language reading materials,\nrecreational and self-improvement activities will be\nencouraged.\nInitial Resottlement. After the assurance of sponsorship\nhils been obtained and the national security check has been\ncompleted, the refugee is ready for rclease from the reception\ncenter. Transportation to the nearest point of sponsorship\nwill be arranged by the center. If it is determined that the\nrefugee or sponsor cannot afford all or part of these trans-\nportation costs, transportation will bc provided under the\nresettlement program.\n25\n-5-\nRefugees who are the relatives or dependents of American\ncitizens or permanent residents will be released to their\nprincipals. For the rest, the voluntary agencies and spon-\nsors assume the main tasks of refugee resettlement. Funds\nwill be provided to voluntary agencies (not directly to\nrefugees) for this purpose. For planning purposes, we esti-\nmate that an average of $600 per refugec will be granted to\nthe voluntary agencies. We wish to point out, however, that\nbased on previous experience, the funds being requested of Con-\ngress for the resettlement portions of the program will consti-\ntute only one-third to one-half the average amount that volun-\ntary agencies will expend in resettling refugees. The balance\ncomes from charitable contributions.\nDuring the resettlement period, the voluntary agencies will\nassist with the initial contact between refugee and sponsor\nand counsel the sponsor if desired and needed. The voluntary\nagencies will provide an allowance if needed for initial\nresettlement costs such as cood, clothing, furniture and\nshelter. Voluntary or community groups will also assist with\nbasic orientation of the refugee to the community, placement\nof children in school and development of job prospects. In\nmost cases it is expected that the sponsor will be able to do\nmuch of this on his own.\nPost-Sponsorship Assistance. From previous experience in\nresettling reíugees, we know that the job will not end with\nthe initial resettlement. Some will need further counselling\nand orientation to U.S. life. Many will need special language\ntraining. Most will have to improve their previous skills or\ndevelop new capabilities in order to quickly become a produc-\ntive and self-sufficient part of American life. Therefore, the\nfollowing programs are planned to augment the efforts of volun-\ntary agencies, sponsors, and local community services and\nresources.\n-- establishment of a Job Bank to dotermine employment\nopportunities in relation to the refugee's location,\nhis skills or his potential.\n-- establishment of an Educational Services Program,\nincluding:\n- assessment of the English language proficiency\n(written and oral), and equivalency of previous\neducation to the U.S. educational system.\n- assessment of vocational skills and counselling on\nvocational training and opportunities.\n26\n-6-\n- identification or development of appropriate educa-\ntional materials.\n- establishment of English language training programs.\n- establishment of vocational education programs with\nan English language component.\n- provision for training necessary for re-accreditation\nfor professionals wishing to practice their previous\nskills in this country (e.g., doctors, lawyers, and\nteachers).\n- identification of educational institutions with\nprevious experience in teaching foreign nationals,\nespecially Victnamese and Cambodian.\n- establishment of a central dissemination and referral\nservice to assist refugees and sponsor agencies in\nobtaining appropriate educational materials, e.g.,\nphrase books for families who have sponsored refugees\nwith limited English capacity.\n- assistance under presently organized Department of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare programs once the\nrefugce's permanent resident status is established --\ne.g., student financial assistance programs for higher\neducation and programs for limited English speaking\nstudents under the Emergency School Assistance Act).\nestablishment of a Social Services Program. Social\nservices through public agencies would be limited in the\nsame manner as they apply to other residents of the\nstates and communities in which the refugees are located.\nAssistance will be provided to refugees who have a high\nrisk of becoming dependen' on assistance unless they\nreceive help with pressing problems. The major purpose\nof this assistance is to help individuals and families\nachieve sclf-support and remain self-supporting. The\nservices expected to be most needed are:\n- counseling related to obtaining and retaining employment.\n- referral to community resources -- such as vocational\nrehabilitation for persons who have disabilities which\nconsitute barriers to sclf-support.\n27\n-7-\n- arranging for needed medical services.\n- homemaker service where a parent has to be hospitalized\nfor an illness and there is no one available to take\ncare of the children.\n- arranging for day care for children, if necessary,\nwhen a parent is in vocational rehab. litation.\nMaximum reliance will be placed on voluntary agencies in a\ncommunity for these services. And, of course, because of the\nextended family among the Victnamese, it is expected that other\nfamily members will usually be able to provide necessary child\ncare. Federal funding is expected to be limited to provision\nof bilingual staff, when necessary.\nBoyond this, WC anticipate the need for contingency federal\ngovernment planning for assistance in solving certain additional\nresidual resettlement problems for several months following\nthe initial roscttlement. Such problems may include difficult\nsponsorship and placement cases, serious mismatches in the\nsponsorship process, and the need to relocate refugees. Our\nplanning is not developed for this stage of the resettlement\nprocess and we have not included this contingency in our\nfunding request to Congress. As in the other phases, however,\nwe will depend heavily on private voluntary agencies and\nestablished social welfare agencies for provision of these\nservices.\nContingency Federal Planning. Although we expect that the\nvoluntary agencies and private sponsorship will absorb the\ngreat majority of refugees, we have asked several federal\nagencies to develop information which will assist with\nresidual resettlement problems. We have asked, for example,\nthat HEW, in cooperation with Labor, and DOD report on\nemployment sectors where skills are presently in short supply;\nHUD to assess regional availability of low to medium cost\nhousing; and Interior to analyze land availability in our Pacific\nor Carribean areas for rice farming or tropical agriculture.\nThird Country Resettlement. As stated earlier, we hope that\nthird countries will be able to absorb as many as 15,000\nrefugees. Primary responsibility for this activity rests with\nthe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNIICR) and\nthe International Commission for European Migration (ICEM)\nworking with both the countries of asylum and the resettlement\ncountries. These agencies are already in contact with many\nof these countries who have expressed an interest in receiving\nVietnamese. Specific numbers for each country and plans to\nassist this effort are not yet fully developed. The United\n28\n- 8 -\nStates will assist ICEM with transportation arrangements to\nthe extent required. It is also envisioned that onward\nmovement to third countries will occur at each stage of the\nrefugee resettlement process; in other words, at the staging\nareas, reception centers or even after release from the\nreception centers.\nWe will also provide for the return to Vietnam or Cambodia\nfor those refugees who request it. Arrangements for the\nreturn of these refugees to their home country also will\nbe made with ICEM.\nAttachment A summarizes the results of our efforts to obtain\nother country assistance in the resettlement of refugees.\nFunding: Attachment B summarizes the Administration's request\nto Congress for the federal funds needed to carry out this\nresettlement effort.\nThe foregoing plan constitutes only a mild adaption of the\nbasic manner in which hundreds of thousands of refugees have\nbeem resettled in this country since the end of World War II.\nThe main difference is that never before have we been faced\nwith the responsibility of resettling so many so fast.\nbrio\nYORK\n03\n29\nINTERNATIONAL EFFORTS\nINTERNATIONAL AGENCIES\n1. The United Nations High Commissioner for\nRefugees (UNHCR) has begun to move on the refugee\nproblem. They have a two-man team in Guam. On May 6,\nthey publicly announced their concern over the refu-\ngee situation (see Attachment A) and on May 8 they\nappealed to 40 governments to. assist in the resettle-\nment effort by accepting refugees into their countries.\nUNHCR attempted unsuccessfully to get involved with the\nsome 7000 refugees in Singapore. Their represen-\ntative was not able or allowed to contact the Singa-\nporean authorities before the authorities ordered the\nships out of port.\n2. The Inter Governmental Committee on European\nMigration (ICEM) moved quickly on the problem. They\nhave a five-man team in Guam and they are working\nwith other refugee populations in SE Asia, such as\nThailand. John Thomas, the Director of ICEM, is\nvisiting Pendleton and Guam to expedite their work.\nICEM has long experience and is good at screening\nand transporting refugees to other countries.\n3. ICRC has sent a delegate to Guam to issue\ninternational Red Cross documents to facilitate the\nmovement of refugees to third countries.\nBILATERAL EFFORT\nWe sent instructions on April 27 (Attachment B)\nto about 100 Embassies asking them to approach host\ngovernments at a high level to obtain their help in\naccepting Indochina refugees for resettlement. We\nare not in a position to indicate specifically how\nmany refugees may be settled in third countries at\nthis point but we are now estimating that 10%\n(10,000-15,000) could be absorbed by other countries.\nThe following provides an update on the possibilities\nof resettlement in third countries, based on the re-\nsponses which we have received to date.\nEUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA\nCanada has publicly declared its willingness to\naccept 3000 above those who already have papers to\nenter Canada. They have sent teams to Guam and\nPendleton to assist in the processing and chartered\n30\nplanes from Canada are flying directly to Guam to pick\nup the refugees. We expect they will also help to\nalleviate the refugee situation at Hong Kong and\nother areas in SE Asia where refugees are concen-\ntrated. The United Kingdom has stated it is pre-\npared to accept \"a number of refugees\" but has not\nspecified how many. They will probably concentrate\non the refugees who are presently at Hong Kong.\nAustria, W. Germany, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland\nhave not given firm replies but we expect they will be\nable to accept some refugees.\nFrance is in a special position in view of her\nlong association with Indochina. They are already\nreceiving a certain number of refugees (we have been\nunable to determine how many) who have ties to that\ncountry. We are comparing notes with the French on\nthis problem and are seeking ways to facilitate the\nmovement of refugees in the US system who are author-\nized to enter France.\nEAST ASIA\nAustralia has stated it will work on an equitable\nbasis with the international agencies on resettle-\nment but they have not publicly stated how many they\nwill accept. However, we anticipate they will be\nforthcoming. They have sent a representative to\nGuam. New Zealand, Korea, Philippines and Taiwan\nare taking refugees with whom they have been asso-\nciated. Hong Kong is taking a cooperative approach\nin dealing with the refugees, numbering about 4000,\nwho have come into their port. Singapore has not.\nNEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA\nWe see few resettlement prospects in these\ncountries but some of the oil producing countries may\nbe able to help financially through the international\nagencies. We have not heard if Iran will accept some\nrefugees for resettlement.\nAFRICA\nMorocco and Gabon have responded favorably and\nwe have asked the international agencies to get in\ndirect touch with them. We are waiting for further\nreplies from some of the French-speaking countries\nof Africa, many of whom have an association with\nIndochina. We see few prospects for resettlement in\nother parts of Africa.\n31\nLATIN AMERICA\nSome of the countries in the Caribbean, Costa\nRica, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Paraguay have indicated\nthey could accept limited numbers of refugees having\nspecial skills. Ecuador may also be of help. Other-\nwise, the response of Latin America has not been very\nencouraging to date though we will continue to pursue\nthe issue with them.\nAttachments\nA. UNHCR Communique of May 6\nB. Department of State Instructions, May 4, 1975\n32\nAttachment A\nInternational Efforts\nMay 6, 1975\nUNHCR ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION OF VIETNAMESE\nOUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY\nA number of governments have drawn the attention\nof the UNHCR to the recent arrival in various countries\nof large numbers of Vietnamese, as well as groups of\nCambodians, who left their country during the recent\nevents and who now need assistance.\nThe High Commissioner has expressed concern about\nthe substantial number of people who clearly require\nurgent solutions to their situation. The Office will\nplace emphasis, according to needs, on resettlement in\ncountries willing to accept them, or durable asylum in\ncountries where they have arrived.\nThe High Commissioner is contacting a number of\ngovernments of countries of potential resettlement.\nIn addition, UNHCR will assist in facilitating voluntary\nrepatriation wherever possible, if this is the preferred\nchoice of some of the uprooted, and the reunion of\nsplit families, thereby alleviating the tragic conse-\nquences of separation.\nAccording to information available, at this stage,\nthe groups have arrived in significant numbers in Guam,\nHong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,\nthough smaller numbers find themselves in a number of\nother countries including some outside the area.\nThe Iligh Commissioner representatives are assess-\ning the situation in these countries in order to provide\nthe data required for appropriate action.\nAs part of this comprehensive assessment, two\nUNHCR officials arrived in Guam today.\n33\n-2-\nThe High Commissioner, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan,\nstated \"my Office has always helped promote speedy\nsolutions to problems of refugees and displaced persons\nwherever they might be. UNHCR will, as in the past,\nseek ways to encourage, as needed, voluntary repatria-\ntion, integration in countries of first asylum, the\nresettlement of individuals of concern to us, in a\nstrict humanitarian and non-political manner.\"\n34\nAttachment B\nInternational Efforts\n0 271852Z APR 75\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC\nSUBJECT: RESETTLEM ENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES\nFOR CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AMBASSADOR L.DEAN BROWN\n1. BACKGROUND: THE SUDDEN COLLAPSE IN VIET-NAM HAS LED\nTO A SITUATION OF TRAGIC PROPORTIONS. MANY VIETNAMESE ARE\nFLEEING THE COUNTRY THROUGH THEIR OWN MEANS. OTHERS ARE\nLEAVING UNDER OUR AUSPICES. WE CANNOT ESTIMATE AT THIS\nPOINT WHAT THE DIM ENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM MAY EVENTUALLY BE.\nTHE UNITED STATES IS MAKING A MAJOR EFFORT TO ACT CON-\nSTRUCTIVELY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. ASIDE FROM\nTRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN VIETNAMESE CUT OF THAT COUNTRY,\nWE HAVE ESTABLISHED STAGING AREAS IN GUAM AND WAKE. THE\nATTORNEY GENERAL HAS EXTENDED PAROLE TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES\nOF VIETNAMESE, PRINCIPALLY THOSE WHO FALL IN THE \"HIGH\nRISK' AREA OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN CITIZENS OR\nPERMANENT ALIENS. THE NUMBER WHO COULD BE ADMITTED UNDER\nTHIS PROGRAM COULD REACH 130,000 PERSONS. MOREOVER, WE\nARE LAUNCHING A MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM IN THE UNITED\nSTATES WHICH WILL INVOLVE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERN-\nMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. WE FULLY INTEND TO CONTINUE\nPLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING OF\nTHESE REFUGEES AND RESETTLING THEM IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS\nAHEAD.\nTHE RESPONSE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO THIS TRAGEDY so\nFAR HAS BEEN MINIMAL. SOME COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE\nBUT THE REACTION OF MOST HAS BEEN EITHER INDIFFERENT OR\nEVEN NEGATIVE.\nWE HAVE DECIDED THEREFORE, WHILE THE WORLD IS STILL\nFOCUSED ON THIS WRAGEDY, TO LAUNCH A VIGOROUS DIPLOMATIC\nCAMPAIGN TO BRING OUR CONCERNS TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY.\n35\n-2-\nEACH MISSION 15 INSTRUCTIO, serond\nPERCEIVED, TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ORAL DEMARCHE AT THE\nEARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL AND REPORT\nRESULTS OF APPROACH IMMEDIATELY. END BACKGROUND.\n1. AS A RESULT OF THE SUDDEN COLLAPSE IN VIET-NAM,\nTHOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE ARE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. SOME\nARE LEAVING THROUGH THEIR OWN MEANS, OTHERS THROUGH OUR\nFACILITIES. AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW now MANY\nVIETNAMESE WILL LEAVE VIET-NAM. THE UNITED STATES\nBELIEVES STRONGLY THAT THE PLIGHT OF THESE REFUGEES\nDESERVES THE SYMPATHY AND HELP OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY.\nTHIS IS A TRAGEDY OF ENORMOUS HUMAN PROPORTIONS WHICH\nSIMPLY CANNOT BE IGNORED OR OVERLOOKED.\n2. THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONDING VIGOROUSLY AND CON-\nSTRUCTIVELY TO MEET THIS HUMAN PROBLEM. WE HAVE LAUNC.IED\nA MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM IN THIS COUNTRY AND ARE\nPREPARED TO RECEIVE THOUSANDS OF THESE REFUGEES IN KEEPING\nWITH OUR TRADITIONS AND THE UNITED STATES' OWN INVOLVEMENT\nWITH VIET-NAM AND ITS PEOPLE. WE ARE MORE THAN FULLY\nPREPARED TO TAKE ON THE MAJOR BURDEN OF THIS PROBLEM.\n3. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN JN CONTACT WITH THE MAJOR\nINTERNATIONAL AGENCIES (UNICR, 1CEMAND THE ICRC) ON THIS\nHUMANITARIAN ISSUE. WE EXPECT THEY WILL APPROACH A\nNUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND THAT THEY WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLD\nIN ALL PHASES OF THE RESETTLE :ENT EFFORT AS THEY HAVE DONE\nIN OTHER REFUGEE MOVEMENTS.\n4. IN FACE OF THE ENORMITY OF THE PROBLEM THE UNITED\nSTATES BELIEVES MORE IS REQUIRED. SPECIFICALLY, WE URGE\nALL COUNTRIES TO SHARE THE BURDEN BY ACCEPTING A CERTAIN\nNUMBER OF REFUGEES INTO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. WE REALIZE\nTHE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WILL DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF\nEACH COUNTRY, BUT EACH SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT SOME.\nWE WOULD HOPE FOR A MINIMUM OF 100 PER COUNTRY AND MUCH\nMORE FROM OTHERS. WE RECOGNIZE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN\nSOME LDC'S DOES NOT PERMIT ACCEPTANCE OF POOR REFUGEES,\nBUT THEY MAY DE ABLE TO TAKE VIETNAMESE WITH PROFESSIONAL\nQUALIFICATIONS. THERE ARE 1 SMALLER NUMBER OF CAMBODIAN\nREFUGEES WHO WILL BE SEEKING HOMES. WE WOULD ALSO\nAPPRECIATE RECEIVING POSSIBLE RESITTLEMENT PROSPECTS FOR\nTHESE REFUGERS FROM HOST GOVERNMENTS.\n5. FOR THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE DIPLOMATIC OR OTHER\nREPRESENTATIVES 05 THE GVN, WE WOULD URGE THEY ARE TREATED\nHUMANELY AND BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN, IV THEY WISH. WE ALSO\n36\nessouses SERMANTEIV 30\nSHOITDABH COMMINGOO GRIST MI\never ,01 YAM 40 BA\n30 ядамии\nEXPECT COUNTRIES TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATION AGENCIES\nFOR THE RESETTLEMENT OF THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO ARRIVE BY\nTHEIR OWN MEANS.\nbesse\n01\n6. IN CONCLUSION, THE UNITED STATES WISHES TO EMPHASIZE\nTHAT IT IS OUR FIRM INTENTION TO HONOR OUR OBLIGATIONS\nTO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. WE HOPE OTHERS WILL ALSO\nRECOGNIZE AND RESPOND IN GOOD CONSCIENCE TO THIS IMMENSE\nTRAGEDY. 88 your as DISW\nbas smod? .anesitio\ngase eved sevissier seolo stads\nvedio .sonsit of 880005\nbns div asspotes\nevad bluods sonezy at Issuedni\nresputer year 86 Med east ули\n000,2\nstienteur\n.shans) as\n000.2 become blues Istot\n000,4\nadmobere WV 000.1 pribuion)\nissued al ybserfs\n000,1\n0163138 daesD\n000.00\nINJOT\nIIV unitgeoos nt Jussedni evidleog B\n399 001 nade seal videdorg\nshanez0\nnodeD\ninsoniv .98\n000030M\nmigle8\nbesiness vell\nVISSI\nalega\nolIdugali nacimimed\nsobsdred\n37\nRESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES\nIN THIRD COUNTRIES - POSITIVE REACTIONS\nAS OF MAY 10, 1975\nNUMBER OF\nACCEPTABLE REFUGEES\nBEST ESTIMATE, SUBJECT\nCOUNTRY\nTO CHANGE\nQUALIFICATIONS\nCanada\n10,000\nBased on number of VN with\nCanadian relatives and those\nholding \"visa letters\".\nFrance\n5,000+\nBefore the fall of GVN there\nwere as many as 10,000 French\ncitizens. Those citizens and\ntheir close relatives have easy\naccess to France. Other\nrefugees with connections and\ninterest in France should have\naccess.\nAustralia\n5,000\nMay take half as many refugees\nas does Canada.\nGermany\n4,000\nTotal could exceed 5,000\nincluding 1,000 VN students\nalready in Germany\nGreat Britain\n1,000\nTotal\n25,000\nCountries expressing a positive interest in accepting VN refugees,\nprobably less than 100 per country:\nGabon\nGrenada\nMorocco\nSt. Vincent\nBelgium\nSingapore\nItaly\nNew Zealand\nAntigua\nSpain\nBarbados\nDominican Republic\n??\nPROCESSING OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES\nThis message establishes guidelines and procedures for\nprocessing Indochinese refugees quickly through the\nreception areas in the United States while still insuring\nthat the refugees are properly resettled and that the\npossibility of their becoming a public charge is reduced.\nThe goal is to make Indochinese refugees self-supporting\nmembers of their communities in the shortest possible\ntime.\nGENERAL:\nThe guidelines and procedures set forth in this message\nshould be followed at each processing center. However,\nthe Senior Civil Coordinator may modify these procedures\nto fit his particular needs. He should notify the Inter-\nAgency Task Force, Washington, D.C. of major changes.\nProcessing should be accomplished expeditiously.\nArriving refugees should begin processing as soon as\npracticable. The elements of processing are: (A)\nReception; (B) Immigration and Naturalization Service\nIn-Processing; (C) Issuance of Social Security Numbers;\n(D) Health, Education Welfare, Health and Social\nServices Counselling; (E) Sponsorship Verification;\n(F) INS Final Processing (Security Check Verification) ;\n(G) Final Outprocessing and Travel.\nSECURITY CLEARANCES:\nResults of security checks are required before release\nfrom refugee camps for all refugees 17 and over except:\n(A) relatives of either American citizens or permanent\nresident aliens; and (B) former U.S. Government employees\nhaving had valid security clearances. Security checks on\npersons in these categories will be performed after they\nhave arrived at their final destination.\nSPONSORSHIP:\nWith certain exceptions, refugees require sponsors to\nassist in insuring that the refugees do not become\npublic charges and to help each refugee make the\ntransition from refugee status to status as a self-sufficient\nmember of his community.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\n39\nContinued - Processing of Indochinese Refugees\nSponsorship can take the form of an offer of support,\nemployment or both. However, the sponsor must also be\nready to help the refugee with some of the less tangible\naspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new\nculture, acquainting the refugee with American law and\nrequirements. Sponsorship is not a formal, legal commit-\nment. However, the sponsor undertakes a clear moral com-\nmitment to help the refugee to the best of his ability.\nSPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS:\nA sponsor, in conjunction with an appropriate Volag, will\nbe expected to:\n1. Receive the refugee and his family;\n2. Provide shelter and food, until the refugee\nbecomes self-sufficient. Shelter need not be in the resi-\ndence of the sponsor but must be adequate;\n3. Provide clothing and pocket money;\n4. Provide assistance in finding employment and in\nschool enrollment for children;\n5. Cover ordinary medical costs or medical insurance.\nOnce employment is obtained, the sponsor will assist the\nrefugee to locate permanent housing, acquire minimal furni-\nture and arrange for utilities.\nPROCESSING OF REFUGEES BY CATEGORY:\nThe following procedures will apply for the processing of\nvarious refugee categories:\n1. Refugees without sponsors:\nVoluntary agencies will play the major role in re-\nsettling refugees by matching them with specific sponsors by\nobtaining the pledges of individuals, churches or community\ngroups to resettle the refugees and by matching other offers\nof sponsorship that are not specific as to persons or family.\n(ANNEX A).\n40\nContinued - Processing of Indochinese Refugees\nThe Department of State has received a number of\noffers for sponsorship, employment, housing and material\nassistance. These offers will be made available to the\nVolags for verification and follow-up. Similar offers\nreceived at the reception centers should be referred to\nVoluntary Agency representatives at the centers.\n2. Refugees specifically named by a sponsor:\nOffers to sponsor a named individual or family which\ncan be matched with refugees of the same name at the camps\nshould be referred to a Volag for verification. Because of\nthe similarity of Vietnamese names, the Volag should first\nverify that the correct refugees have been located. In cases\nwhere a sponsor has named a specific family or the refugee\nhas named a proposed sponsor, the Volag will make appropriate\ninquiries of the sponsor to confirm his willingness to help\nthe refugee and to verify the plans for resettling the refugee.\nThe responsibilities the sponsor is assuming will be explained\nto the sponsor. As required, the Volag will arrange for a\nlocal check to determine insofar as possible whether the spon-\nsor has the means needed for sponsorship.\nProspective sponsors should be requested to send a\nstatement or telegram to the individual refugee in care of the\nAmerican Red Cross at the local camp or to certify to the\nVolag representative in the sponsor's locality that he under-\nstands the obligations of sponsorship and will make every\neffort to provide or assist the named refugees in obtaining\nhousing, employment and other assistance which will lead to\nself-sufficiency. Statement should be signed and contain\naddress and telephone number of sponsor. We are asking the\nVolags to publicize the availability of their direct-name\nsponsorship service. (ANNEX B).\nIf the sponsor is determined to be responsible by\nthe Volag, INS will authorize the release of the refugee\nfrom camp. Those cases considered doubtful by the Volag will\nbe rejected and the refugee will be resettled by other\nvoluntary agency efforts.\n3. Refugees with independent means.\nCertain refugees may have access to personal re-\nsources which will enable them to be self-sustaining. These\nrefugees may require only brief counselling to direct them\nto a resettlement location. A single adult or family with\n41\nContinued - Processing of Indochinese Refugees\nat least one adult with facility in English, vocational\nskills and a general idea of a resettlement location can\nmeet the self-sustaining test if the family has average\nresources of $4000 per capita, exclusive of transportation.\nA board at each camp comprised of officials of State, INS\nand HEW will make the determination of self-sufficiency and\nauthorize release from camp. Refugees determined to have\nadequate personal funds should not be maintained at camps\nat USG expense once security checks are completed.\nThe board will interview the refugee and determine\nwhether he can adequately meet the above test of self-\nsufficiency. If he does, he will be certified for departure\nfrom camp without referral to a Voluntary Agency and without\nthe requirement for sponsorship.\n4. Relatives of American citizens and permanent aliens:\nHEW, with the assistance of the Red Cross, will\nverify the willingness and ability of the named relative to\n\"sponsor\" and resettle the refugee. Once confirmed, INS\nwill release those refugees without an additional sponsor-\nship requirement. If HEW decides the sponsor is unable to\ncare for the refugees, the case will be passed to an accredi-\nted Voluntary Agency for processing. \"Relatives\" of U.S.\ncitizens includes spouse, parents, grandparents, children,\ngrandchildren, unmarried siblings and handicapped dependents.\n5. Offers by former employers:\nIf sponsorship is offered by a former employer,\nthe offer will be reviewed by the board established under\nSection 3, and if the former employer is deemed to be re-\nsponsible - a major corporation, charitable group or USG -\nthe refugee will be released to the employer without Volun-\ntary Agency assistance. If the employer cannot offer the\nfull range of sponsor services, he should be put in touch\nwith an approved resettelement Voluntary Agency.\nIf an employer proposes to send the refugee outside\nthe United States to work, the refugee should consult with\nINS to ensure that appropriate travel and re-entry documents\nare issued.\n42\nContinued - Processing of Indochinese Refugees\n6. Travel:\nThe refugee may travel at his own expense, the ex-\npense of his sponsor, or government expense. Government-\npaid travel should not be relied upon and at a minimum,\npartial payment by the sponsor or refugee should be attempted.\nHowever, government-paid travel is preferred over jeopardizing\nsponsorship or depriving the refugee of essential funds re-\nquired for resettlement. In order to determine eligibility\nfor government travel expenses, the assets of the refugee or\nsponsor should be verified by HEW before travel is authorized\nat government expense. Documentation of the lack of ability\nof the refugee or sponsor to finance travel is required. At-\ntached at ANNEX C is a sample form which may be used by the\nrefugee or sponsor to authenticate the requirement for travel\nat government expense.\nCLEARANCES:\nThis message has been cleared with the appropriate government\nagencies and has been discussed with the Voluntary Agencies.\n43\nANNEX A\nVOLAG STATEMENT\nDATE:\nTO: DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE\nCAMP\nRE:\nNAMES\nA NUMBER\nTHE ABOVE NAMED REFUGEES ARE APPROVED TO BE MOVED\nFOR RESETTLEMENT TO\nUNDER THE AUSPICES OF\nSINCERELY YOURS,\n(NAME AND TITLE OF\nCC: HEW\nDESIGNATED VOLAG REPRESENTATIVE)\n44\nANNEX B\nNAME SELECTED SPONSORS\nSEND TELEGRAM STATING\nI WILL MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE OR\nASSIST IN OBTAINING HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER\nASSISTANCE WHICH WILL LEAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR\nTHE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS:\nSIGNED:\nADDRESS:\nTELEPHONE:\nREQUEST TOLL -\nRED CROSS\nVOLAGS\nSEND IT TO REFUGEE c/o RED CROSS\n45\nANNEX C\nSAMPLE GOVERNMENT TRAVEL REQUEST STATEMENT\nQUOTE AS INDICATED BY MY SIGNATURE BELOW I DO\nHEREBY CERTIFY THAT I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO\nFUNDS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE TRANSPORTATION\nTO MY DESIGNATION. FURTHER, I UNDERSTAND\nTHAT MY FAILURE TO so DECLARE SUCH FUNDS AS\nAVAILABLE MAY MAKE ME LIABLE FOR REPAYMENT\nAT A LATER DATE UNQUOTE\nPOINTS: THIS STATEMENT MAY BE ON A COMBINED\nMANIFEST OR INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS\nMAY BE SIGNED.\n46\nTHE ROLE OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE\nThe Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)\nhas the statutory function of administering the\nImmigration and Nationalization Laws relating to\nthe admission, exclusion, deportation and natural-\nization of aliens. Specifically the INS inspects\naliens to determine their admissability into the U.S.;\nadjudicates requests of aliens for benefits under\nthe law; prevents illegal entry into the U.S.;\ninvestigates, apprehends, and removes aliens in\nthe U.S. in violation of the law. The INS also\nexamines aliens applying for citizenship.\nIn the current circumstances relating to the\nentry of Vietnamese and Cambodians who may apply\nto enter the U.S., the INS has the prime responsi-\nbility for determining if the aliens meet the criteria\nfor parole which has been established in consultation\nwithin the Executive Branch and with the Congress.\nThe INS has teams of Inspection personnel\non site at Guam and Wake Islands to perform as much\nof the pre-processing as possible before the\naliens are moved to U.S. reception centers. Generally\nspeaking it has been agreed that the immediate relatives\nof U.S. citizens and resident aliens of the U.S. will\nhave priority since their bonafides are more easily\nestablished. The balance of the evacuees to be cleared\nwill of necessity take longer because of the necessity\nto perform security checks.\nWe expect that the bulk of the evacuees will\nmove rapidly through processing. However, there may\nbe those that do not meet the requirements of the\nspecial categories for parole. Additionally there may\nbe those who are inadmissable as members of the criminal,\nnarcotics, moral or subversive classes since the only\ngrounds for exclusion that are being waived are those\nof public charge, labor certification and documentation.\n47\nTHIS IS HEW\nThe Department of Health, Education, and Welfare works to\nhelp people help themselves and sponsors research, pilot\nprojects and consumer programs designed to enhance the\nquality of life in America.\nSince its creation on April 11, 1953, under a Reorganization\nPlan proposed by President Eisenhower and approved by the\nCongress, HEW has become the largest Executive Department in\nprograms and budget.\n--HEW is responsible for administering more than\n400 separate programs.\n--HEW's budget during the current fiscal year will be on\nthe order of $118 billion.\n--HEW's employees number 127,000. Most of them\nare located, not in Washington, but throughout\nthe United States in 10 HEW regional offices,\nmore than 1,000 SSA district offices and 16 FDA\ndistrict offices.\nThe Department carries out most of its activities, through\na great range of partnerships with State and local govern-\nments, with private agencies and with the aid of public\nadvisory bodies.\n--Overall, more than 96 cents out of every dollar\nin the HEW budget goes back to States and localities\nor to private organizations, institutions or indi-\nviduals in the form of grants, contracts, loans or\nmonthly benefit checks.\n--In medical research, more than 80 percent of the\nmoney goes to non-Federal scientists and research\nagencies.\n--In education, about 98 percent of the more than\n$6 billion Office of Education budget is distributed\nas grants or contracts to State and local school\ndistricts, to colleges and universities or to higher\neducation students themselves in the form of scholar-\nships, grants or loans.\n48\n2\nHEW is the agency most involved, either directly or\nindirectly, with the most people--and their lives:\nFrom a quarter million to a third of a million\nhandicapped people have been rehabilitated\nannually to useful lives in recent years under\nHEW's vocational rehabilitation and disability\nprograms. Since the program began in 1920, more\nthan 3 million handicapped citizens have been\nrehabilitated to live normal, independent lives.\nMore than 9 million students were enrolled in\ninstitutions of higher education during the 1973-\n74 academic year. One of every five of these\nstudents received HEW financial aid to help pay\nfor the cost of college.\nPublic assistance (welfare) programs for families\nand adults help about 14 million people each\nmonth with either checks to meet living expenses\nor social services or both. These programs are\njointly funded by HEW, the States and localities.\nVirtually all of the Nation's 17,000 school\ndistricts, whose public school enrollments total\n45,800,000, share in Federal aid programs\nadministered by the U.S. Office of Education.\nThe Social Security Administration keeps the earn-\nings records of about 200 million persons and\nsends out monthly checks to nearly 30 million\nAmericans who are retired or disabled or are the\ndependents of such workers or the survivors of\ndeceased workers.\nReorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 elevated Federal\nprograms to help people to Cabinet level by transferring\nto HEW all activities of the Federal Security Agency,\nwhich was established in 1939.\nSome of these HEW responsibilities not only predated 1939\nbut actually began during the early days of the Republic:\nIn 1798, a Marine Hospital Service, forerunner\nof the Public Health Service, was established\nto furnish treatment to sick and disabled\nAmerican merchant seamen and to ward off\nepidemics from abroad.\n49\n3.\nIn 1785, the Congress of the Confederation set\naside public lands for schools.\nIn 1862, the first Morrill Act established a\nsystem of land grant colleges.\nIn 1867, the Department of Education, predecessor\nof the Office of Education, was established to\ncollect facts and statistics about education and\nto promote the cause of education.\nIn 1887, the present National Institutes of Health\nbegan as a one-room laboratory on Staten Island,\nNew York.\nIn 1907, the Food and Drug Administration was\ncreated in response to public outcry over food\nhandling sanitation.\nIn 1920, the Federal-State rehabilitation program\nbegan providing help for the physically handicapped.\nSocial security grew out of the Depression of the 1930's and was\nadministered by a Social Security Board until the Social Security\nAdministration was established in 1946.\nOther organizational units of the Department have developed from\nmore recent efforts to rationalize programs, organize them more\nefficiently and to make them more responsive to the needs of\nAmerican citizens.\n50\nFUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE\nFOR HUNGARIAN REFUGEE RELIEF\nOn December 12, 1956, President Eisenhower announced the\ncreation of the President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee\nRelief.\nFunctions of this Committee include assisting in every\nway possible the various religious and other voluntary agencies\nengaged in work for Hungarian refugees, and coordinating\ntheir efforts, with special emphasis on those activities of\nthe agencies related to resettlement of the refugees. To\nthis end, the President's Committee serves as a focal point\nto which offers of homes and jobs may come and be made avail-\nable in the most effective manner for use by the different\nvoluntary groups.\nThe Committee also seeks to coordinate the efforts of\nthe voluntary agencies with the work of the interested\ngovernment departments. While the resettlement task has\nconstituted the most immediate area in which coordination was\nneeded, the Committee is also laying a foundation for coordina-\ntion of the work of U.S. agencies being conducted in Austria\nfor the Hungarian refugees.\nIt is not the function of the President's Committee\nto raise funds. The Committee, after an initial study of the\nsituation, unanimously concurred in and supported the policy\nalready in effect under which the refugees coming to the\nUnited States are all brought to the Joyce Kilmer Reception\nCenter at Kilmer, New Jersey. There, the Army houses and\nfeeds them, and if necessary, provides hospitalization and\ngives them any medical and dental care immediately requisite.\nMEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE FOR HUNGARIAN\nREFUGEE RELIEF\nLewis W. Douglas, Honorary Chairman\nTracy S. Voorhees, Chairman\nJ. Lawton Collins, Vice Chairman and Director\nWilliam Hallam Tuck, Vice Chairman\nLeo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman\nAlfred M. Gruenther\nLewis Hoskins\nMrs. John C. Hughes\n51\nJohn A. Krout\nMoses Leavitt\nGeorge Meany\nMsgr. Edward F.. Swanstrom\nCharles P. Taft\nR. Norris Wilson\nWilliam J. Donovan, Counsel\nORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE\nPRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE AT KILMER\nThere are 22 government and voluntary agencies parti-\ncipating in the refugee reception and resettlement program\nat Kilmer. These agencies are independent of one another and\nare directly responsible to their own individual headquarters\nlocated, as to the voluntary agencies, for the most part in\nNew York and, as to the government agencies and the Red Cross,\nin Washington. In order to improve coordination of the work\nof these many separate groups, all of which are performing\nmost useful and indeed essential services, they have agreed,\non recommendation of The President's Committee, on an organiza-\ntional plan for the Kilmer operation which is already in effect.\nThis is shown on Chart 1 which follows. The President's\nCommittee's work at Kilmer is under the functional administra-\ntion of Leo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman of the Committee. He reports\ndirectly to General J. Lawton Collins, Ret., Vice Chairman and\nDirector of the Committee, at the Washington office at 1413-K\nStreet, N. W.\nReporting directly to Mr. Beebe are three executives,\none of whom works with the government agencies directly concerned\nwith the resettlement program; another with the voluntary\nagencies sponsoring the refugees; and a third with a group of\ncooperating agencies not directly concerned with sponsoring\nrefugees.\nIn addition to these three agency coordinators, Mr. Beebe\nis assisted by four principal staff departments -- Public\nInformation, Administrative Services, Data Processing Services,\nand Educational Services -- that provide essential facilities\nand services for the operation of the Center.\nRECEPTION AND RESETTLEMENT PROCEDURE AT KILMER\nRefugees arriving in the United States by ship and airplane\nare transported immediately to the Joyce Kilmer Refugee Reception\nCenter. There they are provided with temporary housing and given\nnecessary clothing, practically all of which is privately contributed.\n52\nAfter receiving a careful medical examination by doctors of the\nU.S. Public Health Service, they are interviewed by the United\nStates Customs, and by immigrant inspectors of the Immigration\nand Naturalization Service. Hospital and medical care are\nprovided as required. The refugees are then interviewed by\nrepresentatives of the United States Employment Service, who\ndetermine their occupation, education, and skills, and housing\nrequirements. All the information obtained in the foregoing\nsteps is appropriately catalogued for subsequent use.\nMeanwhile, throughout the United States, interested\nindividuals, firms, voluntary organizations and ehurch groups\nare locating available jobs and housing facilities, and are\nincorporating them in offers of sponsorship. These offers\nare funneled to Kilmer to the President's Committee for dis-\ntribution among the accredited sponsoring agencies, or they\ncome directly to the latter.\nIndividuals and organizations offering jobs or homes\nare asked not to come personally to the Kilmer Center to make\nsuch offers. Careful and effective resettlement requirements\nin such large numbers make it impractical for the public to\ninterview and carry away individuals hastily on any impromptu\nbasis. To be intelligently utilized, such offers should be\nmade in writing to The President's Committee at the Joyce Kilmer\nReception Center, Kilmer, New Jersey, where, by the use of IBM\nmachine processes, the offers will be matched with the vocational\nand other pertinent qualifications of the refugees.\nThe facts concerning the job offer and the immigrant's\nqualifications and desires concerning resettlement are then\nmatched through the IBM machines and a resulting \"Suggested\nDisposition for Employment and/or Housing\" form is prepared\nand given to the sponsoring agency concerned with the refugee\nto enable prompt utilization of offers of help from individuals,\nindustries, and communities. Flow charts 2, 3, and 4, which\nare reproduced herein describe the process.\nPersonal interviews with the refugee by representatives\nof the respective agencies sponsoring them then follow to insure\nthe best possible matching of abilities and needs and the satis-\nfaction both of the refugee, and those making the offers to take\nthem.\nAppended hereto are copies of the printed forms \"Offer\nof Housing and/or Employment\" and \"Position Classification Form\"\nwhich are used in this matching process.\n53\nIt. will materially facilitate the resettlement if all\njob and housing offers are initially submitted on the above\nHousing and/or Employment Form, so that we can at once get\nthem on the machine cards copies. They are available in any\ndesired number at the President's Committee office in Washington.\nThere are a few categories of refugees for whom special\nplacement machinery has been provided for use when the usual\nplacement efforts of the voluntary agencies cannot adequately\nmeet a particular situation. These include:\nMedical Cases -- Provision has been made by the Public\nHealth Service for those who will require hospitalization\nafter their departure from the Reception Center. State\nhospitals have made beds and services available to augment\nthose in federal institutions. The families of hospitalized\npatients will be provided jobs and housing in the general\nvicinity of the hospitals.\nScientists --- Interviewers have been instructed to single\nout scientists and to notify the National Research Council\nof the National Academy of Sciences of their availability\nfor appropriate employment.\nDoctors of Medicine -- In like manner, doctors of medicine\nare referred to the American Medical Association for\nprofessional placement.\nStudents -- of the first 21,500 refugees, the President's\nCommittee estimates that there will be included about 2,000\nstudents; many of these are university students and include\nmany students of very promising ability.\nDr. John A. Krout, a member of the President's\nCommittee and also Provost of Columbia University, has\nagreed to act as a sub-committee of one, assisted by the\nInstitute for International Education and World University\nService to assure appropriate educational opportunities\nfor this group, and to make the best possible use of the\nmany generous offers of scholarships which have been\nreceived from educational institutions through the country.\nAccordingly, offers of scholarship assistance should be\naddressed directly to Dr. John A. Krout, Columbia University,\nNew York City, N.Y.\nThe Governors of all the states are being asked to create\nor to continue committees to coordinate resettlement efforts in\ntheir own state -- either directly or through creation of Mayor's\nCommittees in the principal cities.\n54\nEXPEDITING RFSETTLEMENT\nAlthough in the first week of December the average number\nof refugees resettled per day was only about 100, improved\nprocedures, governmental and private, have already resulted in\nincreasing this figure to about 450 per day. Accordingly, it\nis not expected, even with the arrivals of the anticipated ocean\nlift in January (numbering approximately 5,000) that the facili-\nties and operations at the Joyce Kilmer Reception Center will be\novertaxed. Nevertheless, the need for vigorous resettlement\nefforts remains. As all media of communication are being utilized\nto inform public and private agencies concerning procedures for\noffering aid to the refugees, the increasingly efficient\nmarshalling of homes, jobs, and educational facilities will pro-\ngressively enable us to meet the needs of the refugees without\nlost motion.\nPUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR REFUGEE RELIEF\nMany individuals have asked the President's Committee\nwhere donations for Hungarian relief may be sent. There are a\nnumber of highly reputable religious and other voluntary organi-\nzations engaged in this work. Contributions to any of them will\nbe well used.\nIf for any reason a donor does not wish to give directly\nto any of them, the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for\nForeign Service, Inc., 20 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y.,\nhas a special committee of private citizens, none of whom are\nmembers of the Council or any of its agencies, which is prepared\nto allocate equitably gifts received by the Council among the\nvarious responsible voluntary agencies engaging in Hungarian\nrelief, including agencies which are not members of the Council.\nThe Council will report these allocations monthly to the\nPresident's Committee. Any contributions received by the\nPresident's Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief are trans-\nferred to the American Council for such allocation. However,\nthe President's Committee asks that contributions not be made\nto it, as it is not engaged in fund raising.\n55\nThe President's Committee\nFor Hungarian Refugee Relief\nHonorary Chairman-Lewis W. Douglas\nChairman-Tracy S. Voorhees\nWashington Office\nVice Chairman - Director\nGen. :. Lawion Collins\nKilmer Refugee\nReception Center\nU.S. Army\nVice Chairman\nBrig. Gen.\nLeo C. Beebe\nAdministrative\nPublic Information\nSidney C. Wooten\nServices\nOffice\nR. J. Stone\nMark Foster\nData Processing\nEducational\nServices\nServices\nGovernment Agency\nW. Roy Graves\nDr. Robert Hartle\nSponsoring Agency\nCooperating Agency\nCoordinator\nCoordinator\nCoordinator\nCharles W. Frey\nCharles A., Pink\nJack B. Dunn\nINS\nUSES\nNCWC\nCWS\nGovernors'\nRed Cross\nF red\nCommittees\nLarry Hardin\nSchoenborn\nHugh McLoone\nEdward Savage\nJack B. Dunn\nJack Henry\nCustoms\nState Dept.\nHIAS\nIRC.\nAFL-CIO\nNAS\nDr. M. H.\nK. Yearns\nIrving Antel\nHarold Grimes\nR. Flaherity\nTrytten\nU.S. Public\nDept. of Health\nLRS\nTF\nRadio Free\nWorld Univ.\nHealth Service\nWelfare & Ed\nThaddeus\nEurope\nService\nDr. I.A.\nBetty Barton\nGeo. Whetstone\nChylinski\nGlen Strong\nAlbert Mark\nAbrahamer\nAHF\nUUARC\nHungarian\n= Chart\nNational Council\nMrs. F. Suto\nDr. A. Aczel\nPaul G. Schell\nBWARC\nHCLA\n56\nNote 1:\nIndicates Functional rather than direct responsibility\nNote 2:\nFor full agency names see enclosed directory\nWELCOME\n0000000\nCAMP KILMER\nC\nOWA\nCAMP KILMER\nEMPLOYMENT\nIMMIGRATION CUSTOMS\nMEDICAL\nINTERVIEW\nSPONSORING\nAGENCIES\nRESETTLEMENT\nCOUNSELLING AND\nDISPOSITION\n57\nRECORDING\nU.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE\n1 INTERVIEW\nMETCOWE\nCLASSIFICATION\nPF\nOF OFFERS\nCYWb KIFWEB\nEMPLOYMENT OR\nAn\nJACIOLE\nSMOTEUD\nMMI\nREFUGEES JOB\nOFFERS OF\nQUALIFICATION\n2310\nHOUSING\nAND\nAND\nТИЗМЭЛТТ\nHOUSING NEEDS\nEMPLOYMENT\nOMA\nMOITISORIA\n58\nChart 112.\nЭИӀТАЦЈАѴЗ\nREL ATING\nMATCH\nJOB QUALIFICATION\nJOB AND\nAND HOUSING NEEDS\nHOUSING OFFERS\nBY OCCUPATION\nBY LOCATION\nHOUSING\nROSTER OF\nJOB\nINVENTORY\nUNASSIGNED\nQUALIFICATION\nOF AVAILABLE\nINDIVIDUALS\nJOBS AND\nHOUSING\nIBM COPY\nU.S.E.S. COPY\nIMMIGRATION COPY\nAGENGY COPY\nINDIVIDUALS COPY\nINDIVIDUAL\nSPONSORING\nDISPOSITION\nAGENCIES\nFOR EMPLOYMENT\nAND HOUSING\nCOUNSELLING AND\nDISPOSITION\n59\nChart #4\nEVALUATING\nЭИӀТ\nINDIVIDUAL'S\nDISPOSITION\nHOTAM\nQUA 80L\nBOL\n203710\nОИА\nYar\nОССПЬУТIОЙ\nYO\nI\nIf\nDISPOSITION CARD\nI\n⑉\nI\n'n\n=\nBJOAJIAVA 70\nMOITADIRIJA\nОИА 280L\nSTAUGIVIONI\nANALYSIS REPORTS FOR ALL\nPARTICIPATING AGENCIES.\nM8\nY903 2.3.8\n1900\nAGE GROUP\nCOSA\nMALE FEMALE PLACEMENT\nPLACED BY AGENCY\nHOUSING PROVIDED\nиояг\nJOB CLASSIFICATION\nИЗОА\nPLACEMENT BY CITY\nAND STATE\nOOH\nez\n60\nM\nChart #3\nPOSTION Classhication rom\nDate\nFlight Number\n\"Head of family\" I.N.S. Number\nName of person being interviewed\nlast name\nthese name\ninitial\nN.S. Number of person being interviewed\nNumber of adult\ndependents\nNumber of dependent children\nNumber in\namily seeking employment\nTotal number in family to be\nocated in United States.\nDate of birth\nSex and\n&\nnarital status\nHeight in inches\nWeight\nlbs.\ncode\nLANGUAGE ABILITIES\nLANGUAGE\nSPEAK\nREAD\nLANGUAGE\nSPEAK\nREAD\nlimited\nfair\nfluent\nlimited\nfait\nfluent\nlimited\nfair\nfluent\nlimited\nfar\nfluent\n1. ENGLISH\ns. RUMANIAN\n;2 GERMAN\n6. RUSSIAN\n3. FRENCH\n7. OTHER\n4 CZECH\nDegree or highest level educational institution attended\nDegree or total\n- of school or adventional institution - major of SHEE of technical usining\nears of formal education\nDesires to continue education - Yes\nNo\ncheck DOB\nagency\nPreferred occupation\nDescribe\ncode\nU.S.R.S. code\nIndicate experience\napproationable as well say gemenal limitations as to job performance\n>ther occupation\nDescribe\nU.S.R.S. code\nindicate experience, appreaticeship\n68. well 80 any gereral Medications as to job performance\nelatives or, friends in U.S.A.? Yes\nNo\nRelationship\ncheck ⑉\nunde\naddress of relative\nstate\nreferred area in U.S.A.\nI\ncity state code\nadditional comments\nInterviewer as.\nsignature of interviewer\nFor explanation of codes see reverse side\n61\nExplanation of Codes\nSEX AND MARITAL STATUS CODE\n1 Malc, single\n6 - Female, single\n2- . Male, married\n7 - Female, married\n3 - Male, divorced\n8 - Female, divorced\n4 . Male, widowed\n9 - Female, widowed\nLANGUAGE CODE\nin\nredeaM\n1 . English\ns . Rumanian\n70%\n2 . German\n6 . Russian\n3 . French\n7 - Other\n4 - Czech\nestable\nDEGREE OR INSTITUTION\nCODE\n0 - Illiterate\n4 - University (4 yr. course)\n1 - Elementary (4 yr. course)\n5 - Professional Enginering Degree\n2 . Technical School (4 yr. course)\n6 - Master's Degree\n3 . Gymnasium (8 yr. course)\n7 . Doctorate\nAGENCY CODE\n(Recognized by the Administrator of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953)\n1 - American-Hungarian Federation\n2. . Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee\n3. . Catholic Relief Services (National Catholic Welfare Conference)\n4 . Church World Services, Inc.\n5- Hungarian League of America, Inc.\n6 . International Rescue Committee, Inc.\n7 - Lutheran Refugee Service\n8 - Tolstoy Foundation, Inc.\n9 . United HIAS Service\n10 - United Ukranian American Relief Committee\nsystemal n doi\nOCCUPATION CODE\nSee Department of Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles\nRELATIONSHIP CODE\n1 . Father\n8 . Aunt\n2. . Mother\n9 - Nephew\n3 . Brother\n10 . Niece\n4 . Sister\n11 . Cousin\nJ\n5 - Grandfather\n12 . Other Relative\n6 - Grandmother\n13 . Friend\n7 . Uncle\nAREA PREFERRED CODE\nSee IBM Code Book for City, Countics and States in United States\n62\n(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)\nDate\nIMPLOYMENT OFFER (SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS)\nPROCESSING NUMBER\n(leave blank)\nI\n(Lost - Individual, Company, Agency or Organization)\n(Piret name)\n(Initial)\nresiding or located at\n(Street number and name)\n(leave blank)\n(City or town)\n(County)\n(State)\nCITY STATE CODE\nwill provide employment for\nmale workers,\nfo male workers and/or\nmarried\n(Quantity)\n(Quantity)\n(Quantity)\ncouples. The nature of the business is\nThe exact\n(Please describe)\ndescription of the occupation is\n(Please describe)\n(NOTE. \" more than one occupation classification is Involved in this offer please describe each classification on separate sheet indicat-\n(leave blank)\nw quantities of males, lemales and/or couples)\nCITY STATE CODE\nKnowledge of the English language is\nrequired,\nnot required. The rote of pay for this occupation is\n(Check\nper\nhour,\nday,\nwook,\nmonth. This position is\npermonent,\ntemporary.\n(Dellare Cents)\n(Chedll one)\n(Check ana)\nHousing is\nprovided,\nnot provided. (If housing is offered please fill in Housing Section below.)\n(Check one)\nAdditional Remarks\nNOTE - ALL FORMS MUST BE SIGNED BELOW!\n(leave blank)\nHOUSING OFFER\nASENCY CODE\n1\n(Last name - Individual, Company. Agency or Organization)\n(First name)\n(Initial)\nresiding or located of\n-\n(Street number and name)\n(leave blank)\n(Chy or town)\n(Country)\n(Sicia)\nCITY STATE CODE\nr\nwill provide housing for\nadult males,\nadult females,\nmarried couples and/or\n(Quantity)\n(Quanilty)\n(Quantity)\nfamilies. Please indicate family size\nadults\nchildren.\n(Quantity)\n(Quantity)\n(Quantity)\nType of housing being offered,\nroom,\napartment,\nshare home,\nseparate house. Number of rooms\n(Check one)\navailable to refugees\nDescribe\n(NOTE \" more than one type of housing is being effered please describe and indicate\ntype and number of rejest and bethreoms on . separate shoot)\nNumber of bathrooms available\n. Describe\n(Number of collete. boths and/or showers)\nAdditional Remarks\nI understand that any of the persons to whom I have herein offered employment and/or housing are completely free\nto leave such employment or housing with no other obligation than to notify the District Director of the nearest\nImmigration and Naturalization Service office of their current address and occupation\n63\n(Signature al person meking aller)\nINSTRUCTIONS\nOne copy of this form may be submitted direct to the President's Committee for Hungarion\nRefugee Relief of Kilmer Reception Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, or through the\nGovernor's Committee of refugee relief in your state. If you desire to have one of the or-\nganizations or voluntary social agencies listed below, which have been recognized by the\nAdministrator of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, act os your agent of the Kilmer Recep-\ntion Center, you should submit this completely executed form to the representative of such\nagency in the area in which you reside:\nI . American-Hungarian Federation\n2. . Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee\n3. . Catholic Relief Services (National Catholic Welfare Conference)\n4 . Church World Service, Inc.\n5 - Hungorian League of America, Inc.\n6- International Rescue Committee, Inc.\n7 . Lutheran Refugee Service\n8 . Tolstay Feundation, Inc.\n9 : United HIAS Service\n10 . United Ukrainian American Relief Committee\nA job order from o local office of the State Employment Service may be attached in lieu of the\nemployment information and signature.\n64\nJOYCE KILMER RECEPTION CENTER\nREFUGEE STATUS SUMMARY\nMonth\n#of\n# of\n# of\nTotal\nTotal\nTotal\nTotal\nDecember\nPlanes\nRefugees\nRefugees\nPlanes\nRefugees\nRefugees\nRefugees\nDate\nArrived\nArrived\nDeparted\nArrived\nReceived\nDeparted\nOn Hand\n1 Saturday\n2\n149\n90\n13\n951\n583\n33\n2 Sunday\n0\n0\n90\n13\n951\n613\n315\n3 Monday\n2\n143\n57\n15\n1,058\n730\n329\n4 Tuesday\n3\n211\n108\n18\n1,269\n838\n431\n5 Wednesday\n3\n218\n156\n21\n1,487\n994\n493\n6 Thursday\n4\n277\n62\n25\n1,764\n1,056\n782\n7 Friday\n4\n290\n97\n29\n2,054\n1,153\n975\n8 Saturday\n3\n207\n223\n32\n2,261\n1,376\n885\n9 Sunday\n3\n224\n144\n35\n2,485\n1,520\n905\n10 Monday\n4\n292\n384\n39\n2,777\n1,904\n873\n11 Tuesday\n5\n359\n161\n44\n3,136\n2,065\n1,071\n12 Wednesday\n8\n494\n163\n52.\n3,630\n2,228\n1,402\n13 Thursday\n7\n417\n239\n59\n4,047\n2,467\n1,580\n14 Friday\n15\n1,025\n55\n74\n5,072\n2,522\n2,550\n15 Saturday\n7\n466\n202\n81\n5,538\n2,724\n2,814\n16 Sunday\n12\n694\n117\n93\n6,232\n2,841\n3,391\n17 Monday\n5\n330\n256\n98\n6,562\n3,097\n3,465\n18 Tuesday\n17\n1,101\n365\n115\n7,663\n3,462\n4,201\n:9 Wednesday\n2\n124\n400\n117\n7,787\n3,862\n3,925\n20 Thursday\n6\n416\n519\n123\n8,203\n4,381\n3,822\n21 Friday\n5\n313\n341\n128\n8,516\n4,722\n3,794\n22 Saturday\n11\n702\n229\n139\n9,225\n4,951\n4,274\n23 Sunday\n12\n740\n169\n151\n9,965\n4,120\n4,845\n24 Monday\n8\n517\n282\n159\n10,482\n5,402\n5,080\n25 Tuesday\n22\n1,406\n186\n131\n11,388\n5,588\n6,300\n26 Wednesday\n9\n597\n316\n190\n12,485\n5,904\n6,531\nGERALD\n27 Thursday\n13\n870\n823\n203\n13,355\n6,727\n6,628\n28 Friday\n9\n596\n575\n212\n13,951\n7,302\n6,649\nFORD\n29 Saturday\n8\n473\n542\n220\n14,424\n7,844\n6,580\n30 Sunday\n7\n491\n445\n227\n14,950\n8,289\n6,626\n65\n31 Monday\n3\n225\n463\n230\n15,140\n8,752\n6,338\nLIBRARY\narate sheets showing Kilmer arrival and departure figures\nDIRECTORY OF AGENCIES WITH OFFICES AT\nKILMER RECEPTION CENTER\nU. S. Army\n-- Brig. Gen. S. C. Wooten, Commanding\nPresident's Committee\n-- Leo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman\nSponsoring Agencies\nAmerican-Hungarian Federation\n-- Mrs. Frank Suto\n*Baptist World Alliance Relief\nCommittee\n--\nChurch World Service\n-- Edward Savage\n*Hungarian Catholic League of\nAmerica\n:\nInternational Rescue Committee\n-- Harold Grimes\nLutheran Refugee Service\n-- George Whetstone\nNational Catholic Welfare Conf.\n-- Hugh McLoone\nTolstoy Foundation\n-- Thaddeus Chylinski\nUnited HIAS Service\n-- Irving Antel\nUnited Ukranian American Relief\nCommission\n-- Dr. Aurel Aczel\nGovernment Agencies\nDepartment of Health, Welfare,\nand Education\n-- Betty Barton\nImmigration and Naturalization\nService\n-- Larry Hardin\nUnited States Employment Service\n--\nFred Schoenborn,\nUnited States Customs Service\n-7\nUnited States State Department\n-- Kenneth Yearns\nUnited States Public Health Service --\nDr. I. A. Abrahamer\nCooperating Agencies\nN. J. Governor's Committee for\nRefugee Relief\n-- Jack B. Dunn\nAmerican Red Cross\n-- Jack Henry\nAFL-CIO\n-- Robert Flaherity\nNational Academy of Sciences\n-- Dr. M. H. Trytten\nWorld University Service\n-- Albert Mark\nHungarian National Council\n-- Paul G. Schell\nRadio Free Europe\n-- Glen Strong\nAccredited, but not located at Kilmer.\n66"
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