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NSDD 235 Strengthening United States Policy towards Cuba
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(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
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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
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