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    "ocrText": "CUBANS IN THE U.S.\nWould you comment on the action of the U.S. Government in denying\nentry to the group of sugar specialists who came to the U.S. to attend\nthe International Meeting of Sugar Cane Technologists in New Orleans ?\nWhy did the U.S. not allow them to attend the meeting\nThe Cubans arrived in the U.S. without proper documentation.\nThis is clearly out of keeping with standard international practices\nand U.S. requirements and their case, accordingly, was handled\nthrough the normal legal process established to deal with such cases.\nI would note that it has been our policy to allow the representatives of\nany government to attend official international meetings in this country.\nThis was not such a meeting.\n[FYI: On Oct. 26 a Cuban plane carrying 22 Cubans arrived in New\nOrleans. The Cubans had no visas, their requests for visas having\nbeen turned down by the State Dept. in late September. They refused\nto return to Cuba and demanded the right to attend the Sugar Conference.\nThe Cubans were placed in quarantine upon their arrival by the\nImmigration and Naturalization Service (INS) which held a deportation\nhearing in New Orleans on Nov. 2 at which it was ruled that the Cubans\nwere deportable. The Cubans appealed the decision to the INS\nAppeals Board in Washington which upheld the earlier decision. The\nCubans who had announced that they would leave the US voluntarily\nafter the Conference ended Nov. 5, returned to Cuba on Friday,\nNov. 5. US policy does not allow Cubans to attend conferences in the\nUS which are hosted by non-governmental organizations.\n(NSC)"
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