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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Ma David bloyd Room 227 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 0.5. TO : FE - Mr. Allison DATE: June 20, 1952 FROM : FE - Miss Bacon SUBJECT: Consequences for Far East of Presidential Veto of Immigration Bill. The exclusion provisions of our immigration laws have long been recognized by our Missions abroad as among the greatest obstacles which this Government has had to face in attempting to convince Far Eastern peoples of our understanding and friendship. Present immigration laws are identified throughout the Far East with the policy of racial exclusion. Under these laws all Far Easterners, except Chinese, Filipinos and Indians, are denied admission to the United States on a quota basis and are ineligible for naturalization. This situation is deeply resented throughout the Far East. The Department and the Congress have been working over a period of years on an immigration bill which would lift these exclusion provisions. Far Eastern peoples have closely followed the progress of this bill. Far Easterners would receive a Presidential veto of the bill not merely as a disappointment to hopes but as an indication that our professed sympathy and understanding with Eastern peoples is superficial. They would question why we were fighting in Korea when we are unwilling to admit even one Koreaninto the United States on a quota basis. The effect would be to undermine our efforts to obtain their cooperation with us in policies which we believe to be essential to the free world. In view of the recent entrance into force of the Peace Treaty with Japan the effects would be particularly serious. NARA