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NSDD 235 Strengthening United States Policy towards Cuba

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SECRET - 2 - (b) The Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service are instructed to prepare to announce at the same time as the presidential proclamation a limited, quality- oriented refugee program at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, permitting long-term Cuban political prisoners and ex-prisoners (i.e., those who have served at least ten years for political acts) and their families to travel initially at U.S. Government expense directly from Cuba to the United States. In the event Cuba accepts the program, Cuban refugee processing at all posts other than Havana will be limited thereafter to extraordinary cases as determined by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. A plan of action prepared by the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service should be forwarded to the National Security Council by September 15, 1986. LST (c) The Secretary of State in consultation with the Attorney General shall maintain the existing suspension of immigrant visa processing (other than of immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, i.e., parents, spouse and unmarried minor children, and returning U.S. residents) and refugee processing (except as authorized herein) in Havana, and of the prohibition on entry as nonimmigrants of Cuban Government and Communist Party officials, as provided in Presidential Proclamation No. 5377 of October 4, 1985. 189 (d) The Secretary of State shall continue diplomatic efforts to restore the December 14, 1984 agreement on normal migration procedures with Cuba, coor- dinating with the Attorney General, recognizing that the measure cited in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above could be modified if Cuba removed its suspension of the agreement. 181 -- The Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, in coordination with officials of the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other appropriate federal SECRET COPY ICo OF 7 COPIES,