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THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON REFUGEES
Background Papers
INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE
May 19, 1975
THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON REFUGEES
Background Papers
Page
GENERAL BACKGROUND
1 The History of the Task Force
6 Analysis of Refugee Situation
8 Evacuation and Resettlement Data
12 Summary of Evacuation Instructions
14 Parole
16 Congressional Bill and Analysis
RESETTLEMENT
20 Refugee Characteristics
22 The Refugee Plan
30 International Efforts
38 Resettlement in Third Countries
39 Processing of Indochinese Refugees
ROLES
47 Role of INS
48 Role of HEW
HUNGARIAN REFUGEE PROGRAM
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
51 The Hungarian Refugee Program
HISTORY OF THE TASK FORCE
On April 18, 1975, the President appointed
Ambassador L. Dean Brown as his Special Representative
and Director of the Special Inter Agency Task Force to
coordinate all U.S. Government activities concerning
evacuation, humanitarian and refugee problems relating
to Indochina (Attachment A). On the same day, the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
instructed the various Departments and Agencies of
government to give full support to Ambassador Brown
(Attachment B).
Ambassador Brown immediately assembled a small
staff of officers from various agencies -- DOD, State,
USIA and AID -- which has operated since then virtually
around the clock from the Operations Center of the
State Department.
He also established a much larger group, which met
daily, and included senior officers from all Depart-
ments and Agencies which had short and long-range
interests in the execution and management of this
operation. The Departments and Agencies included
were DOD, Justice, INS, HEW, CIA, USIA, OMB, AID,
Transportation, Treasury, Labor, Interior, HUD and
State. This group continues to meet regularly.
The work of both the smaller and larger groups
was directed at planning and solving the problems of
the evacuation of Americans and Vietnamese from Viet-Nam,
selection of staging areas in the Western Pacific and
reception centers in the United States, permanent
resettlement, and financial support for these activities.
As the flow of refugees moved into the United
States, the Task Force was expanded in order to provide
a better mechanism for backstopping the staging areas
and reception centers. This group, charged with re-
settlement activities, has three principal sections:
a section responsible for Congressional, public and
press queries (includes a 24-hour toll free operation
for persons who wish to sponsor refugees) ; desk
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officers for each of the reception areas in the United
States and staging areas in the Western Pacific; and a
unit to deal with computer operations designed to permit
more orderly management over the large flow of refugees
entering the United States.
Attachments:
A. Presidential Announcement, April 18, 1975
B. Memorandum from Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs, April 18, 1975
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Attachment A
History of Task Force
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT
April 18, 1975
TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY BY PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN
I have today appointed Ambassador Dean Brown as
my Special Representative and Director of a special
Inter-Agency Task Force to coordinate all U.S. Government
activities concerning evacuation, humanitarian and refugee
problems relating to Vietnam. He will work under my
direction and that of the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs. His responsibilities
will involve all relevant Departments of the U. S.
Government.
Ambassador Brown has been called back to service
to take on this important task. He has been serving
as President of the Middle East Institute from which he.
will take a leave of absence.
In 1974-75 Ambassador Brown was Deputy Under
Secretary for Management in the State Department.
Earlier (1967-70) he served as Ambassador to Senegal and
Gambia and as Ambassador to Jordan (1970-1973). He was
sent as a Special Representative to Cyprus in the summer
of 1974 after the assassination of Ambassador Davies.
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Attachment B
History of Task Force
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 18, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Labor
The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The Secretary of Transportation
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Deputy Secretary of State
The Administrator of the Agency for International
Development
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service
The President has today appointed Ambassador Dean Brown
as his Special Representative and Director of a Special
Inter-Agency Task Force to coordinate for the President
all U.S. Government activities concerning evacuation of
United States citizens, Vietnamese citizens, and third
country nationals from Vietnam, as well as humanitarian
assistance to Vietnam and refugee and resettlement
problems relating to the Vietnam conflict. Ambassador
Brown will work under the direction of the President
and the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs. All decisions and activities on these matters
will be coordinated through Ambassador Brown and his
Task Force.
The President expects that Ambassador Brown will receive
full cooperation and support from all elements of the
United States Government.
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You should immediately appoint a senior official as your
representative on the Task Force and as the official
responsible within your agency for all matters relating
to these subjects and contact with Ambassador Brown.
/s/
Henry A. Kissinger
The Chairman, JCS
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ANALYSIS OF THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE SITUATION
TOTAL
126,656
Under American Protection: On May 17, 1975, there were
just under 130,000 Vietnamese under American protection.
of this total, over 60,000 were located at the American
designated staging areas on Guam and Wake or at trans-
shipment points in the Philippines preparing to embark on
ships or aircraft for staging centers. 3,765 Vietnamese
were on the high seas. 17,000 Vietnamese were being
processed through reception centers at Travis and Eglin
Air Force Bases or at Camp Pendleton and Fort Chaffee.
All the refugees left Vietnam during our planned evacua-
tion or were rescued at sea or escorted from Vietnamese
coastal waters. The refugees include the dependents of
American citizens and permanent residents as well as
individuals who may qualify for parole under the high
risk category.
In addition to American immigration authorities in
our staging and reception centers, Australian and
Canadian authorities are or shortly will be present.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
and the Intergovernmental Committee on European
Migration (ICEM) are represented on Guam. We anticipate
that as many as 20,000 of all those Vietnamese refugees
under or outside American protection will be resettled
in third countries as a result of their activities, the
normal reuniting of families or our bilateral diplomatic
initiatives.
There were on May 17 some 800 Cambodians in Thailand
whom we intend to parole for entry into the United States.
5,200
Refugees in Third Countries: To date, about 15,600
(est.)
Vietnamese have fled to third countries. Small and large
craft, in decreasing numbers, continue to arrive in
countries near the states of Indochina. We estimate that
there are about 3,700 Vietnamese currently in Hong Kong,
and 500 along the Malaysian coast. There were about
7,100 in Singapore, but all except about 1,000 have now
departed on their own for the Philippines, Guam, and some
possibly for return to Vietnam. We do not know how many
more may arrive but we have made our position clear. The
United States expects that refugees will receive the
protection normally extended under the United Nations
Convention and Protocol on the Status of Refugees. If
a recipient country will not receive them, it is our
position that UNHCR and ICEM should be called into
action. However, we know already that Hong Kong and
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TOTAL
(cont'd.)
Singapore are not prepared to hold Vietnamese
refugees and we anticipate they will enter the
American stream.
15,200
Stranded Indochinese in the United States:
According to the Immigration and Naturalization
Service's latest statistics, there are almost
14,000 Vietnamese students, diplomats, businessmen,
trainees and others stranded in the United States.
They will be allowed to stay and resettle. In
addition, there are 1,200 Cambodians in the same
category.
6,000-12,000
Indochinese Stranded in Third Countries: We
understand there are approximately 1,400 Vietnamese
diplomats and their families and estimate anywhere
from 6,000 to 12,000 Vietnamese students, travelers,
and businessmen stranded in third countries. The
latter category is only a preliminary estimate;
it is too early to determine how many will seek
entry or have to resettle in the United States.
We are, in this regard, again calling on inter-
national agencies and individual nations for
cooperation.
Grand Total
153,000
(est.)
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EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT
OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
BACKGROUND DATA
Evacuation
- 86,000 U.S. citizens and South Vietnamese have
been evacuated by air and sea by U.S. military.
- All American citizens who wanted to leave South
Vietnam did get out.
- An estimated 41,000 more South Vietnamese have
fled their country on boats, by ship or over land.
- Only $98 million is available under existing
authority for the evacuation program. Almost all
of this amount has now been spent.
Restaging Sites
- All refugees are being processed through Guam and
Wake Islands where they are receiving housing,
food, Immigration and Naturalization Service
screening, and rigorous health care.
- An international appeal by the U.S. to obtain
opportunities for resettlement in third countries
has resulted in the active participation of the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, The Inter-
governmental Committee for European Migration, and
The International Red Cross on Guam. Representatives
are on site assisting in such resettlement. The
Australians and the Canadians have immigration
officials at restaging sites.
- The health of the refugees is generally very good;
no unusual health problems exist.
- Less than 100 people out of the first 30,000 on
Guam were hospitalized, mostly because of pneumonia,
mild diarrhea, and pregnancy, but no serious dis-
eases.
- The Immigration and Naturalization Service is
quickly processing those refugees whose documents
are in order and are eligible for entry into U.S.
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- The Public Health Service, Center for Disease
Control, has established a surveillance system to
identify and treat illness.
Reception Centers in the United States
- The three centers are Camp Pendleton, California;
Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Eglin Air Force Base,
Florida.
- American voluntary agencies which have facilitated
the resettlement of millions of displaced persons
and war victims are working closely with the
United States Government to resettle those ref-
ugees who enter the U.S.
- The major agencies are:
U.S. Catholic Conference
Migration and Refugee Services
1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
202-659-6631
American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees
1709 Broadway, Room 1316
New York, N. Y. 10019
212-265-1919
Church World Service
Immigration and Refugee Program
475 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10027
212-870-2061
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
315 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10010
212-677-3950
United Hias Service, Inc.
200 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10003
212-674-6800
Tolstoy Foundation, Inc.
250 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
212-674-6800
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International Rescue Committee
386 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016
212-247-2922
American Council for Nationalities Service
20 West 40th Street
New York, New York
212-279-2715
Traveler's Aid-International Social Services
345 East 46th Street
New York, New York
212-687-5958
- In addition, the Red Cross and Travelers Aid
International have provided extraordinary assistance.
- The private sector has come forward with major
expressions of assistance. United Airlines, for
example, has worked out an arrangement with other
airlines to provide transportation from reception
centers to final destinations throughout the
country.
- By the time each refugee leaves a reception site
he will be identified by a voluntary resettlement
agency, sponsored locally, and receive a rigorous
health screening. All children, age 1-5 will also
have received immunizations for measles, rubella,
polio, diptheria, pertussis, and tetanus.
- The voluntary agencies will assume responsibility
for finding housing, enrolling children in schools,
assisting in employment opportunities for heads of
households, assisting in language skill developments,
etc.
Resettlement
- Every effort will be made to ensure the resettlement
will not be concentrated in a few enclaves in the
country and will not result in economic or social
service hardship.
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- The Department of HEW, subject to Congressional
action on the Administration bill, will provide
full reimbursement to State and local social ser-
vice and health agencies for costs incurred in
providing income assistance, health maintenance,
and social and educational services to refugees
who are ir need of such assistance.
Recent Refugee Emigrations
Displaced Persons
1945-1952
450,000
Eastern Europeans
1953-1956
189,000
Hungarians
1956-1957
30,701
Cubans
1959-Present
675,000
TOTAL
1,344,701
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SUMMARY OF EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS
Commencing in late March, the Department requested
Embassy Saigon to provide weekly status reports regarding
the total numbers and welfare of Americans and others for
whom the United States had emergency evacuation responsi-
bility. Subsequent instructions were aimed at obtaining
from Embassy Saigon information related to the categories
and priorities of those Vietnamese to whom the United
States had a moral obligation to evacuate and who would
be most endangered under a communist regime, for example,
close relatives of American citizens, Vietnamese employees
of the United States Government and their families, rank-
ing government of South Viet-Nam officials and their
families, and others the Embassy felt should be included.
By early April the Embassy had been instructed by
the Department to begin to reduce the number of Americans
in Viet-Nam, arranging for the departure first of all
dependents of official Americans, all official Americans
who had already been evacuated from Military Regions 1 and
2 and who no longer had any function to perform in the
country, and all dependents of contractor personnel. The
Embassy was instructed further to suggest to non-official
Americans that they consider sending out their dependents,
and to urge less essential non-official American personnel
to also depart. A twice weekly report requirement from the
Embassy was levied, to provide a breakdown of total
Americans remaining in specific categories such as United
States Government personnel, U.S. contractors, non-U.S.
Government Americans. At the same time a priority list-
ing of categories and totals of evacuees, from highest
to lowest responsibility, was requested.
By April 14 the Department had conveyed to the Embassy
the limited parole authority which had been obtained in
behalf of alien relatives physically present in Viet-Nam and
of American citizens also present in Viet-Nam. This parole
authority was obtained in recognition of the relationship
of moving American citizens out of Viet-Nam who had non-
American citizen relatives whom they did not wish to leave
behind.
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By the third week of April the Department had
instructed the Embassy to attempt to broaden the categories
of Vietnamese citizens who could be exempted from the
Vietnamese travel ban. In this regard, the Department
had in mind particularly the safety of Vietnamese
closely associated with the United States, including
U.S. employees and relatives of American citizens
and resident aliens.
Early in the fourth week of April the Department
authorized the Embassy to plan for the evacuation of
certain categories of Vietnamese, such as: threatened
relatives of American citizens; important government,
armed forces and police officials whose cooperation
would be needed in the evacuation; individuals with
special knowledge of U.S. intelligence procedures;
important former Viet Minh and rallyers from the
communist side who would be especially threatened;
significant political and intellectual figures whose
association with U.S. policies made them particularly
vulnerable; trusted local employees, including those
of voluntary agencies and private American companies.
In the final week before the end of the evacua-
tion, the Department instructed the Embassy to accord
priority in the evacuation to the families and
dependents of American citizens.
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PAROLE
I. Meaning of Parole
THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OF 1952, AS
AMENDED, (SECTION 212 (d) (5) DEFINES PAROLE AS FOLLOWS:
"The Attorney General may in his
discretion parole into the United States
temporarily under such conditions as he
may prescribe for emergent reasons or
for reasons deemed strictly in the public
interest any alien applying for admission
to the United States, but such parole
of such alien shall not be regarded as
an admission of the alien and when the
purposes of such parole shall, in the
opinion of the Attorney General, have
been served the alien shall forthwith
return or be returned to the custody
from which he was paroled and thereafter
his case shall continue to be dealt
with in the same manner as that of any
other applicant for admission to the
United States."
II. Parole Categories Affecting Vietnamese and Cambodians
The number and categories of Vietnamese and Cambodians
eligible for parole into the United States has changed
on several occasions over the past two months. The
first group to benefit were the 2,000 Vietnamese
orphans who were brought to the United States under
"Operation Babylift." As pressure mounted to de-
crease the size of the American community in Saigon,
this parole authority was extended to include the
dependents of American citizens resident in Vietnam.
On April 17, the President approved parole for six
additional categories of Vietnamese and Cambodians.
These included:
1,000
Cambodians who had been evacuated
under operation Eagle Pull (the
evacuation of the Embassy in Phnom
Penh)
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5,000
Cambodian diplomats, high level
officials, and others whose lives
might be endangered if they returned
to Cambodia.
3,000
Vietnamese relatives of American
citizens or permanent resident aliens
in the U.S. for whom petitions for
entry into the U.S. had already
been filed.
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Vietnamese who were stranded at
Clark Air Force Base and whose pres-
ence in the Philippines was strain-
ing our relations with that country.
10,000-75,000
Vietnamese nationals who are the im-
mediate relatives of American citizens
and permanent residents for whom
petitions have not yet been filed.
up to 50,000
High risk Vietnamese including U.S.
employees, labor leaders, political,
and intellectual figures and government
personnel.
The total number of refugees anticipated among the different
groups was 130,000. Congress was consulted and agreement
was achieved.
On May 3, Secretary Kissinger requested the President
to authorize parole for 150,000 Vietnamese and Cambodians
into the United States with the understanding that we
would attempt to resettle at least 20,000 of this number
abroad. The President agreed and informed the Attorney
General. Since the refugees were arriving in Guam inde-
pendently and without previous documentation -- as stateless
persons and often in dire straits -- and Guam is part of the
U.S. for immigration purposes, this expanded authority
was necessary. At about the same time the division among
the categories was abandoned and the definition of high
risk was broadened to include a wider range of people
whose lives might be endangered under a Communist Govern-
ment.
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A BILL
To enable the United States to render assistance to or
in behalf of certain migrants and refugees.
1
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
2
Representatives of the United States of America in
3
Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as
4
"The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
5
of 1975. "
6
SEC. 2.
(a) Subject to the provisions of
7
subsection (b), there are hereby authorized to be
8
appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise
9
available for such purposes, such sums as may be
10
necessary for the performance of functions set
11
forth in the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
12
of 1962 (76 Stat. 121), as amended, with respect to
13
aliens who have fled from Cambodia or Vietnam, such
14
sums to remain available until expended.
15
(b) None of the funds authorized to
16
be appropriated by this Act shall be available for
17
the performance of functions after June 30, 1976,
18
other than carrying out the provisions of clauses (3),
19
(4), (5) and (6) of section 2(b) of the Migration and
20
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended. None of
21
such funds shall be available for obligation for any
22
purpose after September 30, 1977.
16
2
1
SEC. 3.
In carrying out functions utilizing
2
the funds made available under this Act, the term
3
"refugee" as defined in section 2 (b) (3) of the
4
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as
5
amended, shall be deemed to include aliens who
6.
(A) because of persecution or fear of persecution
7
on account of race, religion, or political opinion,
8
fled from Cambodia or Vietnam; (B) cannot return
9
there because of fear of persecution on account of
10
race, religion, or political opinion; and (c) are in
11
urgent need of assistance for the essentials of life.
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ANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1975
The draft bill provides an express statutory
authorization for a temporary program of relief
and resettlement for refugees from Cambodia and
Vietnam. This program, extending no longer than
the end of the fiscal year 1977, would be carried
out under the authorities contained in the Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended.
However, because it does not constitute permanent
authority, the proposed legislation is in the form
of a separate law, rather than an amendment to the
1962 Act.
Title. Section 1 identifies this Act as the
"Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975".
This title associates the legislation with the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962,
while also emphasizing that it is a separate act for a
temporary program.
Authorization. Section 2 (a) authorizes the appro-
priation of funds for assistance to Cambodian and
Vietnameserefugees. The assistance would be
provided under the Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance Act of 1962, as amended, utilizing established
procedures and administrative machinery with which
the voluntary agencies and state and local govern-
ments are familiar.
During the next fourteen months, it is estimated
that appropriations in the amount of $507,000,000
will be required to carry out a program of temporary
relief, transportation, and resettlement in the
United States and third countries for 150,000
refugees. Additional costs for assistance to or
in behalf of refugees in the United States will be
incurred in fiscal year 1977. Because this program
spans slightly more than two fiscal years, section
2(a) authorizes the appropriations to remain
available until expended. However, the authoriza-
tion is subject to the provisions of section 2(b)
which limits the duration of the program to June
30, 1976, except for the functions within the
United States, with respect to which the authoriza-
tion continues through fiscal year 1977. In the
event of a need for funds for resettlement in
third countries or other overseas activities after
June 30, 1976, they would be requested in the
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normal authorization and appropriation process
under the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of
1962, as amended.
Definition of Refugee. Section 3 extends to
refugees who have fled from Cambodia and Vietnam
the authorities in the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act which are applicable the refugees in
the United States from within the Western Hemisphere.
These authorities include assistance to state and
local public agencies, transportation of refugees
to other areas within the United States, and
training for employment. Programs under the
authority of this section will be available only
to those refugees who meet the requirements of
financial need applicable to other refugees assisted
under the 1962 Act and will terminate no later
than the end of the fiscal year 1977, upon the
expiration of the authorization contained in
section 2.
FORD i LIBRANT
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REFUGEE PROFILE
I
AGE DISTRIBUTION (based on 98,000 responses)
Children Under 12
32.7%
Teenagers
16.8%
Young Adults
29.7%
Middle Aged
17.6%
Elderly
3.2%
II
LIKELY DESTINATIONS OF REFUGEES (BASED ON FIRST
4,771 OFFERS OF SUPPORT)
East
22%
South
22%
Midwest
22%
West
34%
III
OCCUPATIONAL DATA
The Department of Labor reviewed a sample of 223 forms
filled out by Vietnamese heads of household on one day
at Camp Pendleton.
The sample indicates the following occupations for the
heads of household:
29
percent were professionals or businessmen.
Included two ministers.
13.9
percent were skilled workers
15.2
percent were clerical workers
2
percent were journalists
10
percent housewives
14
percent students
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3
percent military
.9 percent (less than one) agriculture
12
percent not specified
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REFUGEE PLAN
We are now estimating that up to 150,000 Vietnamese
and Cambodian refugees will be resettled. Of this
number, we hope about 15,000 can be taken by other
countries, leaving roughly 130,000-135,000 to be settled
in the U.S.
Out planning is premised on four basic principles.
These include:
-- maximum internationalization of the problem;
-- maximum dependence on international and domes-
tic voluntary agencies and private resources;
-- minimum impact on areas in the United States
currently suffering high rates of unemployment;
and
-- maximum coordination among the many federal,
state and local government and community
organizations together with the voluntary
agencies, that will be involved in refugee
resettlement.
Within the context of these estimates and uncertain-
ties, our current plan for resettlement is described as
follows:
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The major elements of the resettlement plan are:
-- mobilization of international and domestic
resources;
-- movement of refugees to staging areas;
-- third country resettlement;
-- movement of refugees to United States reception
centers;
-- reception center processing and preparation for
resettlement;
-- the voluntary agency resettlement program;
--- post-sponsorship assistance;
-- contingency federal government planning for
residual resettlement problems; and
-- funding.
The Mobilization of Resources. This consists of several
elements, the principal of which are: marshalling the
cooperation and assistance of other countries in re-
settling refugees, collection and verification of United
States sponsors and private offers of assistance, estab-
lishment of staging areas and continental United States
reception centers, mobilizing voluntary agencies, estab-
lishment of inter-agency resettlement teams at the cen-
ters, computerizing all refugee data, offers of sponsor-
ship and offers of private assistance, and using this
data to assess the impact of resettlement. We are
seeking rapid approval of Congressional appropriations
to help fund the major elements of the program.
The Movement of Refugees to Staging Areas. This phase
of the operation has been mostly accomplished. Using
the Department of Defense's transportation and logis-
tics system, we have moved from Vietnam, the Philippines
and Thailand by air and see 126,000 refugees to two main
staging areas -- Guam and Wake Island.
The main tasks at the staging areas are to provide the
basic necessities of food, shelter and health care, if
needed, and compile basic identification data. It is
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also the function of the staging areas to manifest
refugees and arrange for their onward transportation
to reception centers in the continental United States,
utilizing military and commercial aircraft.
These programs will be carried out in military facili-
ties and administered by a joint DOD/STATE/AID/INS/HEW
team, assisted by voluntary and international organi-
zations which include inter alia United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Committee
for European Migration (ICEM).
Third Country Resettlement. As stated earlier, we hope
that third countries will be able to absorb as many as
15,000 refugees. Primary responsibility for this activ-
ity rests with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Commission for
European Migration (ICEM) working with both the countries
of asylum and the resettlement countries. These agencies
are already in contact with many of these countries who
have expressed an interest in receiving Vietnamese.
Specific numbers for each country and plans to assist this
effort are not yet fully developed. The United States will
assist ICEM with transportation arrangements to the extent
required. It is also envisioned that onward movement to
third countries will occur at each stage of the refugee
resettlement process; in other words, at the staging areas,
reception centers or even after release from the reception
centers.
We will also provide for the return to Vietnam or Cambodia
for those refugees who request it. Arrangements for the
return of these refugees to their home country also will
be made with ICEM or UNHCR.
Reception Center Processing and Preparation for Initial
Resettlement.
We plan that all refugees destined for resettlement in the
U.S. will be brought to one of three reception centers --
Camp Pendleton, California; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; or
Camp Eglin, Florida.
The major planned activities at the reception centers will
be:
-- provision of basic needs such as food, shelter,
clothing and other necessities.
-- final processing
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-- orientation to life in the United States and
counselling, conducted in large part by the vol-
untary agencies.
-- recreation activities.
--- arranging sponsorship. Using computerized data
developed in the identification, processing and coun-
selling stages, voluntary agencies will match refugees
with offers of sponsorship. In its entirety, the
process includes contact with the proposed sponsor,
a voluntary agency assessment of the sponsor's
capability to sponsor, and voluntary agency assurance
that, in their judgment, the sponsor has the capacity
and will assume a moral responsibility for the
refugees.
-- in-center education, training, and further orientation
for those refugees lacking immediate sponsorship.
The centers will be able to utilize the services of local
volunteer groups, e.g., recreation programs and distribution
of donated goods, but should not be a burden on the local
communities.
In summary, the activities in the reception centers will
emphasize the fastest processing and outflow possible
consistent with immigration requirements and the best
interests of the refugees. At the same time, we recognize
that life in camp must be more than food, shelter and pro-
cessing in order to maintain emotional stability among the
refugees and ensure they are ready for integration into
American society. Therefore, activities such as refugee
self-government, ethnic language reading materials,
recreational and self-improvement activities will be
encouraged.
Initial Resettlement. After the assurance of sponsorship
has been obtained and the national security check has been
completed, the refugee is ready for release from the reception
center. Transportation to the nearest point of sponsorship
will be arranged by the center. If it is determined that the
refugee or sponsor cannot afford all or part of these trans-
portation costs, transportation will be provided under the
resettlement program.
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Refugees who are the relatives or dependents of American
citizens or permanent residents will be released to their
principals. For the rest, the voluntary agencies and spon-
sors assume the main tasks of refugee resettlement. Funds
will be provided to voluntary agencies (not directly to
refugees) for this purpose. For planning purposes, we esti-
mate that an average of $600 per refugee will be granted to
the voluntary agencies. We wish to point out, however, that
based on previous experience, the funds being requested of Con-
gress for the resettlement portions of the program will consti-
tute only one-third to one-half the average amount that volun-
tary agencies will expend in resettling refugees. The balance
comes from charitable contributions.
During the resettlement period, the voluntary agencies will
assist with the initial contact between refugee and sponsor
and counsel the sponsor if desired and needed. The voluntary
agencies will provide an allowance if needed for initial
resettlement costs such as cood, clothing, furniture and
shelter. Voluntary or community groups will also assist with
basic orientation of the refugee to the community, placement
of children in school and development of job prospects. In
most cases it is expected that the sponsor will be able to do
much of this on his own.
Post-Sponsorship Assistance. From previous experience in
resettling refugees, we know that the job will not end with
the initial resettlement. Some will need further counselling
and orientation to U.S. life. Many will need special language
training. Most will have to improve their previous skills or
develop new capabilities in order to quickly become a produc-
tive and self-sufficient part of American life. Therefore, the
following programs are planned to augment the efforts of volun-
tary agencies, sponsors, and local community services and
resources.
-- establishment of a Job Bank to determine employment
opportunities in relation to the refugee's location,
his skills or his potential.
-- establishment of an Educational Services Program,
including:
- assessment of the English language proficiency
(written and oral), and equivalency of previous
education to the U.S. educational system.
- assessment of vocational skills and counselling on
vocational training and opportunities.
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- identification or development of appropriate educa-
tional materials.
- establishment of English language training programs.
- establishment of vocational education programs with
an English language component.
- provision for training necessary for re-accreditation
for professionals wishing to practice their previous
skills in this country (e.g., doctors, lawyers, and
teachers).
- identification of educational institutions with
previous experience in teaching foreign nationals,
especially Vietnamese and Cambodian.
- establishment of a central dissemination and referral
service to assist refugees and sponsor agencies in
obtaining appropriate educational materials, e.g.,
phrase books for families who have sponsored refugees
with limited English capacity.
- assistance under presently organized Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare programs once the
refugee's permanent resident status is established --
e.g., student financial assistance programs for higher
education and programs for limited English speaking
students under the Emergency School Assistance Act).
-- establishment of a Social Services Program. Social
services through public agencies would be limited in the
same manner as they apply to other residents of the
states and communities in which the refugees are located.
Assistance will be provided to refugees who have a high
risk of becoming dependen' on assistance unless they
receive help with pressing problems. The major purpose
of this assistance is to help individuals and families
achieve self-support and remain self-supporting. The
services expected to be most needed are:
- counseling related to obtaining and retaining employment.
- referral to community resources -- such as vocational
rehabilitation for persons who have disabilities which
consitute barriers to self-support.
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- arranging for needed medical services.
- homemaker service where a parent has to be hospitalized
for an illness and there is no one available to take
care of the children.
- arranging for day care for children, if necessary,
when a parent is in vocational rehabilitation.
Maximum reliance will be placed on voluntary agencies in a
community for these services. And, of course, because of the
extended family among the Victnamese, it is expected that other
family members will usually be able to provide necessary child
care. Federal funding is expected to be limited to provision
of bilingual staff, when necessary.
Beyond this, we anticipate the need for contingency federal
government planning for assistance in solving certain additional
residual resettlement problems for several months following
the initial resettlement. Such problems may include difficult
sponsorship and placement cases, serious mismatches in the
sponsorship process, and the need to relocate refugees. Our
planning is not developed for this stage of the resettlement
process and we have not included this contingency in our
funding request to Congress. As in the other phases, however,
we will depend heavily on private voluntary agencies and
established social welfare agencies for provision of these
services.
Contingency Federal Planning. Although we expect that the
voluntary agencies and private sponsorship will absorb the
great majority of refugees, we have asked several federal
agencies to develop information which will assist with
residual resettlement problems. We have asked, for example,
that HEW, in cooperation with Labor, and DOD report on
employment sectors where skills are presently in short supply;
HUD to assess regional availability of low to medium cost
housing; and Interior to analyze land availability in our Pacific
or Carribean areas for rice farming or tropical agriculture.
Third Country Resettlement. As stated earlier, we hope that
third countries will be able to absorb as many as 15,000
refugees. Primary responsibility for this activity rests with
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and
the International Commission for European Migration (ICEM)
working with both the countries of asylum and the resettlement
countries. These agencies are already in contact with many
of these countries who have expressed an interest in receiving
Vietnamese. Specific numbers for each country and plans to
assist this effort are not yet fully developed. The United
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States will assist ICEM with transportation arrangements to
the extent required. It is also envisioned that onward
movement to third countries will occur at each stage of the
refugee resettlement process; in other words, at the staging
areas, reception centers or even after release from the
reception centers.
We will also provide for the return to Vietnam or Cambodia
for those refugees who request it. Arrangements for the
return of these refugees to their home country also will
be made with ICEM.
Attachment A summarizes the results of our efforts to obtain
other country assistance in the resettlement of refugees.
Funding: Attachment B summarizes the Administration's request
to Congress for the federal funds needed to carry out this
resettlement effort.
The foregoing plan constitutes only a mild adaption of the
basic manner in which hundreds of thousands of refugees have
beem resettled in this country since the end of World War II.
The main difference is that never before have we been faced
with the responsibility of resettling so many so fast.
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INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
1. The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) has begun to move on the refugee
problem. They have a two-man team in Guam. On May 6,
they publicly announced their concern over the refu-
gee situation (see Attachment A) and on May 8 they
appealed to 40 governments to assist in the resettle-
ment effort by accepting refugees into their countries.
UNHCR attempted unsuccessfully to get involved with the
some 7000 refugees in Singapore. Their represen-
tative was not able or allowed to contact the Singa-
porean authorities before the authorities ordered the
ships out of port.
2. The Inter Governmental Committee on European
Migration (ICEM) moved quickly on the problem. They
have a five-man team in Guam and they are working
with other refugee populations in SE Asia, such as
Thailand. John Thomas, the Director of ICEM, is
visiting Pendleton and Guam to expedite their work.
ICEM has long experience and is good at screening
and transporting refugees to other countries.
3. ICRC has sent a delegate to Guam to issue
international Red Cross documents to facilitate the
movement of refugees to third countries.
BILATERAL EFFORT
We sent instructions on April 27 (Attachment B)
to about 100 Embassies asking them to approach host
governments at a high level to obtain their help in
accepting Indochina refugees for resettlement. We
are not in a position to indicate specifically how
many refugees may be settled in third countries at
this point but we are now estimating that 10%
(10,000-15,000) could be absorbed by other countries.
The following provides an update on the possibilities
of resettlement in third countries, based on the re-
sponses which we have received to date.
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Canada has publicly declared its willingness to
accept 3000 above those who already have papers to
enter Canada. They have sent teams to Guam and
Pendleton to assist in the processing and chartered
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planes from Canada are flying directly to Guam to pick
up the refugees. We expect they will also help to
alleviate the refugee situation at Hong Kong and
other areas in SE Asia where refugees are concen-
trated. The United Kingdom has stated it is pre-
pared to accept "a number of refugees" but has not
specified how many. They will probably concentrate
on the refugees who are presently at Hong Kong.
Austria, W. Germany, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland
have not given firm replies but we expect they will be
able to accept some refugees.
France is in a special position in view of her
long association with Indochina. They are already
receiving a certain number of refugees (we have been
unable to determine how many) who have ties to that
country. We are comparing notes with the French on
this problem and are seeking ways to facilitate the
movement of refugees in the US system who are author-
ized to enter France.
EAST ASIA
Australia has stated it will work on an equitable
basis with the international agencies on resettle-
ment but they have not publicly stated how many they
will accept. However, we anticipate they will be
forthcoming. They have sent a representative to
Guam. New Zealand, Korea, Philippines and Taiwan
are taking refugees with whom they have been asso-
ciated. Hong Kong is taking a cooperative approach
in dealing with the refugees, numbering about 4000,
who have come into their port. Singapore has not.
NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA
We see few resettlement prospects in these
countries but some of the oil producing countries may
be able to help financially through the international
agencies. We have not heard if Iran will accept some
refugees for resettlement.
AFRICA
Morocco and Gabon have responded favorably and
we have asked the international agencies to get in
direct touch with them. We are waiting for further
replies from some of the French-speaking countries
of Africa, many of whom have an association with
Indochina. We see few prospects for resettlement in
other parts of Africa.
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LATIN AMERICA
Some of the countries in the Caribbean, Costa
Rica, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Paraguay have indicated
they could accept limited numbers of refugees having
special skills. Ecuador may also be of help. Other-
wise, the response of Latin America has not been very
encouraging to date though we will continue to pursue
the issue with them.
Attachments
A. UNHCR Communique of May 6
B. Department of State Instructions, May 4, 1975
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Attachment A
International Efforts
May 6, 1975
UNHCR ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION OF VIETNAMESE
OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY
A number of governments have drawn the attention
of the UNHCR to the recent arrival in various countries
of large numbers of Vietnamese, as well as groups of
Cambodians, who left their country during the recent
events and who now need assistance.
The High Commissioner has expressed concern about
the substantial number of people who clearly require
urgent solutions to their situation. The Office will
place emphasis, according to needs, on resettlement in
countries willing to accept them, or durable asylum in
countries where they have arrived.
The High Commissioner is contacting a number of
governments of countries of potential resettlement.
In addition, UNHCR will assist in facilitating voluntary
repatriation wherever possible, if this is the preferred
choice of some of the uprooted, and the reunion of
split families, thereby alleviating the tragic conse-
quences of separation.
According to information available, at this stage,
the groups have arrived in significant numbers in Guam,
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,
though smaller numbers find themselves in a number of
other countries including some outside the area.
The High Commissioner representatives are assess-
ing the situation in these countries in order to provide
the data required for appropriate action.
As part of this comprehensive assessment, two
UNHCR officials arrived in Guam today.
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The High Commissioner, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan,
stated "my Office has always helped promote speedy
solutions to problems of refugees and displaced persons
wherever they might be. UNHCR will, as in the past,
seek ways to encourage, as needed, voluntary repatria-
tion, integration in countries of first asylum, the
resettlement of individuals of concern to us, in a
strict humanitarian and non-political manner."
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Attachment B
International Efforts
0 271852Z APR 75
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
SUBJECT: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
FOR CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AMBASSADOR L.DEAN BROWN
1. BACKGROUND: THE SUDDEN COLLAPSE IN VIET-NAM HAS LED
TO A SITUATION OF TRAGIC PROPORTIONS. MANY VIETNAMESE ARE
FLEEING THE COUNTRY THROUGH THEIR OWN MEANS. OTHERS ARE
LEAVING UNDER OUR AUSPICES. WE CANNOT ESTIMATE AT THIS
POINT WHAT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM MAY EVENTUALLY BE.
THE UNITED STATES IS MAKING A MAJOR EFFORT TO ACT CON-
STRUCTIVELY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. ASIDE FROM
TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN VIETNAMESE aut OF THAT COUNTRY,
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED STAGING AREAS IN GUAM AND WAKE. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS EXTENDED PAROLE TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES
OF VIETNAMESE, PRINCIPALLY THOSE WHO FALL IN THE "HIGH
RISK" AREA OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN CITIZENS OR
PERMANENT ALIENS. THE NUMBER WHO COULD BE ADMITTED UNDER
THIS PROGRAM COULD REACH 130,000 PERSONS. MOREOVER, WE
ARE LAUNCHING A MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM IN THE UNITED
STATES WHICH WILL INVOLVE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. WE FULLY INTEND TO CONTINUE
PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING OF
THESE REFUGEES AND RESETTLING THEM IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS
AHEAD.
THE RESPONSE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO THIS TRAGEDY so
FAR HAS BEEN MINIMAL. SOME COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE
BUT THE REACTION OF MOST HAS BEEN EITHER INDIFFERENT OR
EVEN NEGATIVE.
WE HAVE DECIDED THEREFORE, WHILE THE WORLD IS STILL
FOCUSED ON THIS TRAGEDY, TO LAUNCH A VIGOROUS DIPLOMATIC
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
CAMPAIGN TO BRING OUR CONCERNS TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
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EACH MISSION IS INSTRUCTED, UNLESS STRONG OBJECTIONS ARE
PERCEIVED, TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ORAL DEMARCHE AT THE
EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL AND REPORT
RESULTS OF APPROACH IMMEDIATELY. END BACKGROUND.
1. AS A RESULT OF THE SUDDEN COLLAPSE IN VIET-NAM,
THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE ARE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. SOME
ARE LEAVING THROUGH THEIR OWN MEANS, OTHERS THROUGH OUR
FACILITIES. AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY
VIETNAMESE WILL LEAVE VIET-NAM. THE UNITED STATES
BELIEVES STRONGLY THAT THE PLIGHT OF THESE REFUGEES
DESERVES THE SYMPATHY AND HELP OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A TRAGEDY OF ENORMOUS HUMAN PROPORTIONS WHICH
SIMPLY CANNOT BE IGNORED OR OVERLOOKED.
2. THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONDING VIGOROUSLY AND CON-
STRUCTIVELY TO MEET THIS HUMAN PROBLEM. WE HAVE LAUNCHED
A MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM IN THIS COUNTRY AND ARE
PREPARED TO RECEIVE THOUSANDS OF THESE REFUGEES IN KEEPING
WITH OUR TRADITIONS AND THE UNITED STATES' OWN INVOLVEMENT
WITH VIET-NAM AND ITS PEOPLE. WE ARE MORE THAN FULLY
PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE MAJOR BURDEN OF THIS PROBLEM.
3. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES (UNIIOR, ICEMAND THE ICRC) ON THIS
HUMANITARIAN ISSUE. WE EXPECT THEY WILL APPROACH A
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND THAT THEY WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE
IN ALL PHASES OF THE RESETTLEMENT EFFORT AS THEY HAVE DONE
IN OTHER REFUGEE MOVEMENTS.
4. IN FACE OF THE ENORMITY CF THE PROBLEM THE UNITED
STATES BELIEVES MORE IS REQUIRED. SPECIFICALLY, WE URGE
ALL COUNTRIES TO SHARE THE BURDEN BY ACCEPTING A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF REFUGEES INTO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. WE REALIZE
THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WILL DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
EACH COUNTRY, BUT EACH SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT SOME.
WE WOULD HOPE FOR A MINIMUM OF 100 PER COUNTRY AND MUCH
MORE FROM OTHERS. WE RECOGNIZE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN
SOME LDC'S DOES NOT PERMIT ACCEPTANCE OF POOR REFUGEES,
BUT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE VIETNAMESE WITH PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS. THERE ARE A SMALLER NUMBER OF CAMBODIAN
REFUGEES WHO WILL BE SEEKING HOMES. WE WOULD ALSO
APPRECIATE RECEIVING POSSIBLE RESETTLEMENT PROSPECTS FOR
THESE REFUGEES FROM HOST GOVERNMENTS.
5. FOR THOSE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE DIPLOMATIC OR OTHER
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GVN, WE WOULD URGE THEY ARE TREATED
HUMANELY AND BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN, IF THEY WISH. WE ALSO
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EXPECT COUNTRIES TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATION AGENCIES
FOR THE RESETTLEMENT OF THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO ARRIVE BY
THEIR OWN MEANS.
6. IN CONCLUSION, THE UNITED STATES WISHES TO EMPHASIZE
THAT IT IS OUR FIRM INTENTION TO HONOR OUR OBLIGATIONS
TO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. WE HOPE OTHERS WILL ALSO
RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND IN GOOD CONSCIENCE TO THIS IMMENSE
TRAGEDY.
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RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
IN THIRD COUNTRIES - POSITIVE REACTIONS
AS OF MAY 10, 1975
NUMBER OF
ACCEPTABLE REFUGEES
BEST ESTIMATE, SUBJECT
COUNTRY
TO CHANGE
QUALIFICATIONS
Canada
10,000
Based on number of VN with
Canadian relatives and those
holding "visa letters".
France
5,000+
Before the fall of GVN there
were as many as 10,000 French
citizens. Those citizens and
their close relatives have easy
access to France. Other
refugees with connections and
interest in France should have
access.
Australia
5,000
May take half as many refugees
as does Canada.
Germany
4,000
Total could exceed 5,000
including 1,000 VN students
already in Germany
Great Britain
1,000
Total
25,000
Countries expressing a positive interest in accepting VN refugees,
probably less than 100 per country:
Gabon
Grenada
Morocco
St. Vincent
Belgium
Singapore
Italy
New Zealand
Antigua
Spain
Barbados
Dominican Republic
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PROCESSING OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
This message establishes guidelines and procedures for
processing Indochinese refugees quickly through the
reception areas in the United States while still insuring
that the refugees are properly resettled and that the
possibility of their becoming a public charge is reduced.
The goal is to make Indochinese refugees self-supporting
members of their communities in the shortest possible
time.
GENERAL:
The guidelines and procedures set forth in this message
should be followed at each processing center. However,
the Senior Civil Coordinator may modify these procedures
to fit his particular needs. He should notify the Inter-
Agency Task Force, Washington, D.C. of major changes.
Processing should be accomplished expeditiously.
Arriving refugees should begin processing as soon as
practicable. The elements of processing are: (A)
Reception; (B) Immigration and Naturalization Service
In-Processing; (C) Issuance of Social Security Numbers;
(D) Health, Education Welfare, Health and Social
Services Counselling; (E) Sponsorship Verification;
(F) INS Final Processing (Security Check Verification) ;
(G) Final Outprocessing and Travel.
SECURITY CLEARANCES:
Results of security checks are required before release
from refugee camps for all refugees 17 and over except:
(A) relatives of either American citizens or permanent
resident aliens; and (B) former U.S. Government employees
having had valid security clearances. Security checks on
persons in these categories will be performed after they
have arrived at their final destination.
SPONSORSHIP:
With certain exceptions, refugees require sponsors to
assist in insuring that the refugees do not become
public charges and to help each refugee make the
transition from refugee status to status as a self-sufficient
member of his community.
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Sponsorship can take the form of an offer of support,
employment or both. However, the sponsor must also be
ready to help the refugee with some of the less tangible
aspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new
culture, acquainting the refugee with American law and
requirements. Sponsorship is not a formal, legal commit-
ment. However, the sponsor undertakes a clear moral com-
mitment to help the refugee to the best of his ability.
SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
A sponsor, in conjunction with an appropriate Volag, will
be expected to:
1. Receive the refugee and his family;
2. Provide shelter and food, until the refugee
becomes self-sufficient. Shelter need not be in the resi-
dence of the sponsor but must be adequate;
3. Provide clothing and pocket money;
4. Provide assistance in finding employment and in
school enrollment for children;
5. Cover ordinary medical costs or medical insurance.
Once employment is obtained, the sponsor will assist the
refugee to locate permanent housing, acquire minimal furni-
ture and arrange for utilities.
PROCESSING OF REFUGEES BY CATEGORY:
The following procedures will apply for the processing of
various refugee categories:
1. Refugees without sponsors:
Voluntary agencies will play the major role in re-
settling refugees by matching them with specific sponsors by
obtaining the pledges of individuals, churches or community
groups to resettle the refugees and by matching other offers
of sponsorship that are not specific as to persons or family.
(ANNEX A).
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The Department of State has received a number of
offers for sponsorship, employment, housing and material
assistance. These offers will be made available to the
Volags for verification and follow-up. Similar offers
received at the reception centers should be referred to
Voluntary Agency representatives at the centers.
2. Refugees specifically named by a sponsor:
Offers to sponsor a named individual or family which
can be matched with refugees of the same name at the camps
should be referred to a Volag for verification. Because of
the similarity of Vietnamese names, the Volag should first
verify that the correct refugees have been located. In cases
where a sponsor has named a specific family or the refugee
has named a proposed sponsor, the Volag will make appropriate
inquiries of the sponsor to confirm his willingness to help
the refugee and to verify the plans for resettling the refugee.
The responsibilities the sponsor is assuming will be explained
to the sponsor. As required, the Volag will arrange for a
local check to determine insofar as possible whether the spon-
sor has the means needed for sponsorship.
Prospective sponsors should be requested to send a
statement or telegram to the individual refugee in care of the
American Red Cross at the local camp or to certify to the
Volag representative in the sponsor's locality that he under-
stands the obligations of sponsorship and will make every
effort to provide or assist the named refugees in obtaining
housing, employment and other assistance which will lead to
self-sufficiency. Statement should be signed and contain
address and telephone number of sponsor. We are asking the
Volags to publicize the availability of their direct-name
sponsorship service. (ANNEX B).
If the sponsor is determined to be responsible by
the Volag, INS will authorize the release of the refugee
from camp. Those cases considered doubtful by the Volag will
be rejected and the refugee will be resettled by other
voluntary agency efforts.
3. Refugees with independent means.
Certain refugees may have access to personal re-
sources which will enable them to be self-sustaining. These
refugees may require only brief counselling to direct them
to a resettlement location. A single adult or family with
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at least one adult with facility in English, vocational
skills and a general idea of a resettlement location can
meet the self-sustaining test if the family has average
resources of $4000 per capita, exclusive of transportation.
A board at each camp comprised of officials of State, INS
and HEW will make the determination of self-sufficiency and
authorize release from camp. Refugees determined to have
adequate personal funds should not be maintained at camps
at USG expense once security checks are completed.
The board will interview the refugee and determine
whether he can adequately meet the above test of self-
sufficiency. If he does, he will be certified for departure
from camp without referral to a Voluntary Agency and without
the requirement for sponsorship.
4. Relatives of American citizens and permanent aliens:
HEW, with the assistance of the Red Cross, will
verify the willingness and ability of the named relative to
"sponsor" and resettle the refugee. Once confirmed, INS
will release those refugees without an additional sponsor-
ship requirement. If HEW decides the sponsor is unable to
care for the refugees, the case will be passed to an accredi-
ted Voluntary Agency for processing. "Relatives" of U.S.
citizens includes spouse, parents, grandparents, children,
grandchildren, unmarried siblings and handicapped dependents.
5. Offers by former employers:
If sponsorship is offered by a former employer,
the offer will be reviewed by the board established under
Section 3, and if the former employer is deemed to be re-
sponsible - a major corporation, charitable group or USG -
the refugee will be released to the employer without Volun-
tary Agency assistance. If the employer cannot offer the
full range of sponsor services, he should be put in touch
with an approved resettelement Voluntary Agency.
If an employer proposes to send the refugee outside
the United States to work, the refugee should consult with
INS to ensure that appropriate travel and re-entry documents
are issued.
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6. Travel:
The refugee may travel at his own expense, the ex-
pense of his sponsor, or government expense. Government-
paid travel should not be relied upon and at a minimum,
partial payment by the sponsor or refugee should be attempted.
However, government-paid travel is preferred over jeopardizing
sponsorship or depriving the refugee of essential funds re-
quired for resettlement. In order to determine eligibility
for government travel expenses, the assets of the refugee or
sponsor should be verified by HEW before travel is authorized
at government expense. Documentation of the lack of ability
of the refugee or sponsor to finance travel is required. At-
tached at ANNEX C is a sample form which may be used by the
refugee or sponsor to authenticate the requirement for travel
at government expense.
CLEARANCES:
This message has been cleared with the appropriate government
agencies and has been discussed with the Voluntary Agencies.
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ANNEX A
VOLAG STATEMENT
DATE:
TO: DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
CAMP
RE:
NAMES
A NUMBER
THE ABOVE NAMED REFUGEES ARE APPROVED TO BE MOVED
FOR RESETTLEMENT TO
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
SINCERELY YOURS,
(NAME AND TITLE OF
CC: HEW
DESIGNATED VOLAG REPRESENTATIVE)
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ANNEX B
NAME SELECTED SPONSORS
SEND TELEGRAM STATING
I WILL MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE OR
ASSIST IN OBTAINING HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER
ASSISTANCE WHICH WILL LEAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS:
SIGNED:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
REQUEST TOLL -
RED CROSS
VOLAGS
SEND IT TO REFUGEE c/o RED CROSS
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ANNEX C
SAMPLE GOVERNMENT TRAVEL REQUEST STATEMENT
QUOTE AS INDICATED BY MY SIGNATURE BELOW I DO
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
FUNDS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE TRANSPORTATION
TO MY DESIGNATION. FURTHER, I UNDERSTAND
THAT MY FAILURE TO so DECLARE SUCH FUNDS AS
AVAILABLE MAY MAKE ME LIABLE FOR REPAYMENT
AT A LATER DATE UNQUOTE
POINTS: THIS STATEMENT MAY BE ON A COMBINED
MANIFEST OR INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS
MAY BE SIGNED.
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ROLES
THE ROLE OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
has the statutory function of administering the
Immigration and Nationalization Laws relating to
the admission, exclusion, deportation and natural-
ization of aliens. Specifically the INS inspects
aliens to determine their admissability into the U.S.;
adjudicates requests of aliens for benefits under
the law; prevents illegal entry into the U.S.;
investigates, apprehends, and removes aliens in
the U.S. in violation of the law. The INS also
examines aliens applying for citizenship.
In the current circumstances relating to the
entry of Vietnamese and Cambodians who may apply
to enter the U.S., the INS has the prime responsi-
bility for determining if the aliens meet the criteria
for parole which has been established in consultation
within the Executive Branch and with the Congress.
The INS has teams of Inspection personnel
on site at Guam and Wake Islands to perform as much
of the pre-processing as possible before the
aliens are moved to U.S. reception centers. Generally
speaking it has been agreed that the immediate relatives
of U.S. citizens and resident aliens of the U.S. will
have priority since their bonafides are more easily
established. The balance of the evacuees to be cleared
will of necessity take longer because of the necessity
to perform security checks.
We expect that the bulk of the evacuees will
move rapidly through processing. However, there may
be those that do not meet the requirements of the
special categories for parole. Additionally there may
be those who are inadmissable as members of the criminal,
narcotics, moral or subversive classes since the only
grounds for exclusion that are being waived are those
of public charge, labor certification and documentation.
GERALD FORD
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THIS IS HEW
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare works to
help people help themselves and sponsors research, pilot
projects and consumer programs designed to enhance the
quality of life in America.
Since its creation on April 11, 1953, under a Reorganization
Plan proposed by President Eisenhower and approved by the
Congress, HEW has become the largest Executive Department in
programs and budget.
HEW is responsible for administering more than
400 separate programs.
HEW's budget during the current fiscal year will be on
the order of $118 billion.
HEW's employees number 127,000. Most of them
are located, not in Washington, but throughout
the United States in 10 HEW regional offices,
more than 1,000 SSA district offices and 16 FDA
district offices.
The Department carries out most of its activities, through
a great range of partnerships with State and local govern-
ments, with private agencies and with the aid of public
advisory bodies.
--Overall, more than 96 cents out of every dollar
in the HEW budget goes back to States and localities
or to private organizations, institutions or indi-
viduals in the form of grants, contracts, loans or
monthly benefit checks.
In medical research, more than 80 percent of the
money goes to non-Federal scientists and research
agencies.
--In education, about 98 percent of the more than
$6 billion Office of Education budget is distributed
as grants or contracts to State and local school
districts, to colleges and universities or to higher
education students themselves in the form of scholar-
ships, grants or loans.
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2
HEW is the agency most involved, either directly or
indirectly, with the most people--and their lives:
From a quarter million to a third of a million
handicapped people have been rehabilitated
annually to useful lives in recent years under
HEW's vocational rehabilitation and disability
programs. Since the program began in 1920, more
than 3 million handicapped citizens have been
rehabilitated to live normal, independent lives.
More than 9 million students were enrolled in
institutions of higher education during the 1973-
74 academic year. One of every five of these
students received HEW financial aid to help pay
for the cost of college.
Public assistance (welfare) programs for families
and adults help about 14 million people each
month with either checks to meet living expenses
or social services or both. These programs are
jointly funded by HEW, the States and localities.
Virtually all of the Nation's 17,000 school
districts, whose public school enrollments total
45,800,000, share in Federal aid programs
administered by the U.S. Office of Education.
The Social Security Administration keeps the earn-
ings records of about 200 million persons and
sends out monthly checks to nearly 30 million
Americans who are retired or disabled or are the
dependents of such workers or the survivors of
deceased workers.
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 elevated Federal
programs to help people to Cabinet level by transferring
to HEW all activities of the Federal Security Agency,
which was established in 1939.
Some of these HEW responsibilities not only predated 1939
but actually began during the early days of the Republic:
In 1798, a Marine Hospital Service, forerunner
of the Public Health Service, was established
to furnish treatment to sick and disabled
American merchant seamen and to ward off
epidemics from abroad.
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3.
In 1785, the Congress of the Confederation set
aside public lands for schools.
In 1862, the first Morrill Act established a
system of land grant colleges.
In 1867, the Department of Education, predecessor
of the Office of Education, was established to
collect facts and statistics about education and
to promote the cause of education.
In 1887, the present National Institutes of Health
began as a one-room laboratory on Staten Island,
New York.
In 1907, the Food and Drug Administration was
created in response to public outcry over food
handling sanitation.
In 1920, the Federal-State rehabilitation program
began providing help for the physically handicapped.
Social security grew out of the Depression of the 1930's and was
administered by a Social Security Board until the Social Security
Administration was established in 1946.
Other organizational units of the Department have developed from
more recent efforts to rationalize programs, organize them more
efficiently and to make them more responsive to the needs of
American citizens.
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HUNGARIAN REFUGEE
PROGRAM
FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE
FOR HUNGARIAN REFUGEE RELIEF
On December 12, 1956, President Eisenhower announced the
creation of the President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee
Relief.
Functions of this Committee include assisting in every
way possible the various religious and other voluntary agencies
engaged in work for Hungarian refugees, and coordinating
their efforts, with special emphasis on those activities of
the agencies related to resettlement of the refugees. To
this end, the President's Committee serves as a focal point
to which offers of homes and jobs may come and be made avail-
able in the most effective manner for use by the different
voluntary groups.
The Committee also seeks to coordinate the efforts of
the voluntary agencies with the work of the interested
government departments. While the resettlement task has
constituted the most immediate area in which coordination was
needed, the Committee is also laying a foundation for coordina-
tion of the work of U.S. agencies being conducted in Austria
for the Hungarian refugees.
It is not the function of the President's Committee
to raise funds. The Committee, after an initial study of the
situation, unanimously concurred in and supported the policy
already in effect under which the refugees coming to the
United States are all brought to the Joyce Kilmer Reception
Center at Kilmer, New Jersey. There, the Army houses and
feeds them, and if necessary, provides hospitalization and
gives them any medical and dental care immediately requisite.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE FOR HUNGARIAN
REFUGEE RELIEF
Lewis W. Douglas, Honorary Chairman
Tracy S. Voorhees, Chairman
J. Lawton Collins, Vice Chairman and Director
William Hallam Tuck, Vice Chairman
Leo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman
Alfred M. Gruenther
Lewis Hoskins
Mrs. John C. Hughes
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John A. Krout
Moses Leavitt
George Meany
Msgr. Edward F. Swanstrom
Charles P. Taft
R. Norris Wilson
William J. Donovan, Counsel
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE AT KILMER
There are 22 government and voluntary agencies parti-
cipating in the refugee reception and resettlement program
at Kilmer. These agencies are independent of one another and
are directly responsible to their own individual headquarters
located, as to the voluntary agencies, for the most part in
New York and, as to the government agencies and the Red Cross,
in Washington. In order to improve coordination of the work
of these many separate groups, all of which are performing
most useful and indeed essential services, they have agreed,
on recommendation of The President's Committee, on an organiza-
tional plan for the Kilmer operation which is already in effect.
This is shown on Chart 1 which follows. The President's
Committee's work at Kilmer is under the functional administra-
tion of Leo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman of the Committee. He reports
directly to General J. Lawton Collins, Ret., Vice Chairman and
Director of the Committee, at the Washington office at 1413-K
Street, N. W.
Reporting directly to Mr. Beebe are three executives,
one of whom works with the government agencies directly concerned
with the resettlement program; another with the voluntary
agencies sponsoring the refugees; and a third with a group of
cooperating agencies not directly concerned with sponsoring
refugees.
In addition to these three agency coordinators, Mr. Beebe
is assisted by four principal staff departments -- Public
Information, Administrative Services, Data Processing Services,
and Educational Services -- that provide essential facilities
and services for the operation of the Center.
RECEPTION AND RESETTLEMENT PROCEDURE AT KILMER
Refugees arriving in the United States by ship and airplane
are transported immediately to the Joyce Kilmer Refugee Reception
Center. There they are provided with temporary housing and given
necessary clothing, practically all of which is privately contributed.
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After receiving a careful medical examination by doctors of the
U.S. Public Health Service, they are interviewed by the United
States Customs, and by immigrant inspectors of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service. Hospital and medical care are
provided as required. The refugees are then interviewed by
representatives of the United States Employment Service, who
determine their occupation, education, and skills, and housing
requirements. All the information obtained in the foregoing
steps is appropriately catalogued for subsequent use.
Meanwhile, throughout the United States, interested
individuals, firms, voluntary organizations and church groups
are locating available jobs and housing facilities, and are
incorporating them in offers of sponsorship. These offers
are funneled to Kilmer to the President's Committee for dis-
tribution among the accredited sponsoring agencies, or they
come directly to the latter.
Individuals and organizations offering jobs or homes
are asked not to come personally to the Kilmer Center to make
such offers. Careful and effective resettlement requirements
in such large numbers make it impractical for the public to
interview and carry away individuals hastily on any impromptu
basis. To be intelligently utilized, such offers should be
made in writing to The President's Committee at the Joyce Kilmer
Reception Center, Kilmer, New Jersey, where, by the use of IBM
machine processes, the offers will be matched with the vocational
and other pertinent qualifications of the refugees.
The facts concerning the job offer and the immigrant's
qualifications and desires concerning resettlement are then
matched through the IBM machines and a resulting "Suggested
Disposition for Employment and/or Housing" form is prepared
and given to the sponsoring agency concerned with the refugee
to enable prompt utilization of offers of help from individuals,
industries, and communities. Flow charts 2, 3, and 4, which
are reproduced herein describe the process.
Personal interviews with the refugee by representatives
of the respective agencies sponsoring them then follow to insure
the best possible matching of abilities and needs and the satis-
faction both of the refugee, and those making the offers to take
them.
Appended hereto are copies of the printed forms "Offer
of Housing and/or Employment" and "Position Classification Form"
which are used in this matching process.
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It will materially facilitate the resettlement if all
job and housing offers are initially submitted on the above
Housing and/or Employment Form, so that we can at once get
them on the machine cards copies. They are available in any
desired number at the President's Committee office in Washington.
There are a few categories of refugees for whom special
placement machinery has been provided for use when the usual
placement efforts of the voluntary agencies cannot adequately
meet a particular situation. These include:
Medical Cases -- Provision has been made by the Public
Health Service for those who will require hospitalization
after their departure from the Reception Center. State
hospitals have made beds and services available to augment
those in federal institutions. The families of hospitalized
patients will be provided jobs and housing in the general
vicinity of the hospitals.
Scientists -- Interviewers have been instructed to single
out scientists and to notify the National Research Council
of the National Academy of Sciences of their availability
for appropriate employment.
Doctors of Medicine -- In like manner, doctors of medicine
are referred to the American Medical Association for
professional placement.
Students -- Of the first 21,500 refugees, the President's
Committee estimates that there will be included about 2,000
students; many of these are university students and include
many students of very promising ability.
Dr. John A. Krout, a member of the President's
Committee and also Provost of Columbia University, has
agreed to act as a sub-committee of one, assisted by the
Institute for International Education and World University
Service to assure appropriate educational opportunities
for this group, and to make the best possible use of the
many generous offers of scholarships which have been
received from educational institutions through the country.
Accordingly, offers of scholarship assistance should be
addressed directly to Dr. John A. Krout, Columbia University,
New York City, N.Y.
The Governors of all the states are being asked to create
or to continue committees to coordinate resettlement efforts in
their own state -- either directly or through creation of Mayor's
Committees in the principal cities.
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EXPEDITING RESETTLEMENT
Although in the first week of December the average number
of refugees resettled per day was only about 100, improved
procedures, governmental and private, have already resulted in
increasing this figure to about 450 per day. Accordingly, it
is not expected, even with the arrivals of the anticipated ocean
lift in January (numbering approximately 5,000) that the facili-
ties and operations at the Joyce Kilmer Reception Center will be
overtaxed. Nevertheless, the need for vigorous resettlement
efforts remains. As all media of communication are being utilized
to inform public and private agencies concerning procedures for
offering aid to the refugees, the increasingly efficient
marshalling of homes, jobs, and educational facilities will pro-
gressively enable us to meet the needs of the refugees without
lost motion.
PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR REFUGEE RELIEF
Many individuals have asked the President's Committee
where donations for Hungarian relief may be sent. There are a
number of highly reputable religious and other voluntary organi-
zations engaged in this work. Contributions to any of them will
be well used.
If for any reason a donor does not wish to give directly
to any of them, the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for
Foreign Service, Inc., 20 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y.,
has a special committee of private citizens, none of whom are
members of the Council or any of its agencies, which is prepared
to allocate equitably gifts received by the Council among the
various responsible voluntary agencies engaging in Hungarian
relief, including agencies which are not members of the Council.
The Council will report these allocations monthly to the
President's Committee. Any contributions received by the
President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief are trans-
ferred to the American Council for such allocation. However,
the President's Committee asks that contributions not be made
to it, as it is not engaged in fund raising.
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The President's Committee
For Hungarian Refugee Relief
Honorary Chairman-Lewis W. Douglas
Chairman-Tracy S. Voorhees
Washington Office
Vice Chairman - Director
Gen. J. Lawton Collins
Kilmer Refugee
Reception Center
U.S. Army
Vice Chairman
Brig. Gen.
Leo C. Beebe
Administrative
Public Information
Sidney C. Wooten
Services
Office
R. J. Stone
Mark Foster
Data Processing
Educational
Services
Services
W. Roy Graves
Dr. Robert Hartle
Government Agency
Sponsoring Agency
Cooperating Agency
Coordinator
Coordinator
Coordinator
Charles W. Frey
Charles A., Pink
Jack B. Dunn
INS
USES
NCWC
CWS
Governors'
Red Cross
F red
Committees
Larry Hardin
Schoenborn
Hugh McLoone
Edward Savage
Jack B. Dunn
Jack Henry
Customs
State Dept.
HIAS
IRC.
AFL-CIO
NAS
Dr. M. H.
K. Yearns
Irving Antel
Harold Grimes
R. Flaherity
Trytten
U.S. Public
Dept. of Health
LRS
TF
Radio Free
World Univ.
Health Service
Welfare & Ed
Thaddeus
Europe
Service
Dr. I.A.
Betty Barton
Geo. Whetstone
Chylinski
Glen Strong
Albert Mark
Abrahamer
AHF
UUARC
Hungarian
III Chart
National Council
Mrs. F. Suto
Dr. A. Aczel
Paul G. Schell
BWARC
HCLA
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Note 1:
Indicates Functional rather than direct responsibility
Note 2:
For full agency names see enclosed directory
WELCOME
0000000
CAMP KILMER
C
CAMP KILMER
EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS
MEDICAL
INTERVIEW
SPONSORING
AGENCIES
RESETTLEMENT
COUNSELLING AND
DISPOSITION
57
RECORDING
U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
INTERVIEW
!
CLOSSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT OF OFFERS
REFUGEE'S JOB
OFFERS OF
QUALIFICATION
HOUSING
AND
AND
HOUSING NEEDS
EMPLOYMENT
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Chart #2
REL ATING
MATCH
JOB QUALIFICATION
JOB AND
AND HOUSING NEEDS
HOUSING OFFERS
BY OCCUPATION
BY LOCATION
HOUSING
ROSTER OF
JOB
INVENTORY
UNASSIGNED
QUALIFICATION
OF AVAILABLE
INDIVIDUALS
JOBS AND
HOUSING
IBM COPY
U.S.E.S. COPY
IMMIGRATION COPY
AGENGY COPY
INDIVIDUALS COPY
INDIVIDUAL
SPONSORING
DISPOSITION
AGENCIES
FOR EMPLOYMENT
AND HOUSING
COUNSELLING AND
DISPOSITION
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Chart #4
EVALUATING
INDIVIDUAL'S
DISPOSITION
I
I
If
111
DISPOSITION CARD
I
III
I
II
I
=
ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR ALL
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
AGE GROUP
MALE FEMALE PLACEMENT
PLACED BY AGENCY
HOUSING PROVIDED
JOB CLASSIFICATION
PLACEMENT BY CITY
AND STATE
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Chart #3
POSMON Classhication rom
Date
Flight Number
"Head of family" I.N.S. Number
Name of person being interviewed
last -
first name
initial
N.S. Number of person being interviewed
Number of adult
dependents
Number of dependent children
Number in
amily seeking employment
Total number in family to be
ocated in United States.
Date of birth
Sex and
me;
yr.
narital status
Height in inches
Weight
lbs.
code
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
SPEAK
READ
SPEAK
READ
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
limited
fair
fluent
limited
fair
fluent
limited
fair
fluent
limited
fair
fluent
1. ENGLISH
5. RUMANIAN
12 GERMAN
6. RUSSIAN
3. FRENCH
7. - OTHER
4 CZECH
Degree or highest level educational institution attended
Degree or total
asme of school or educational Institution - major or area of technical training
ears of formal education
Desires to continue education - - Yes
No
check one
agency
Preferred occupation
Describe
code
U.S.B.S. code
Indicate experience
apprenticeship as well any personal limitations as to job performance
>ther occupation
Describe
U.S.E.S. code
indicate experience, apprenticeship
as well as any personal limitations as to job performance
relatives or, friends in U.S.A.? Yes
No
Relationship
check one
code
address of relative
city
state
'referred area in U.S.A.
city
state
city state code
additional comments
Interviewer no.
signature of Interviewer
For explanation of codes see reverse side
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Explanation of Codes
SEX AND MARITAL STATUS CODE
1 or Malc, single
6 - Female, single
2- - Male, married
7. @ Female, married
3 @ Male, divorced
8 - Female, divorced
4 - Male, widowed
9 - Female, widowed
LANGUAGE CODE
17
1 - English
5. . Rumanian
2 - - German
6 - Russian
3 - French
7 @ Other
4 . Czech
DEGREE OR INSTITUTION CODE
0 - Illiterate
4 - University (4 yr. course)
1 - Elementary (4 yr. course)
5 - Professional Enginering Degree
2- - Technical School (4 yr. course)
6 - Master's Degree
3 - Gymnasium (8 yr. course)
7- - Doctorate
AGENCY CODE
(Recognized by the Administrator of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953)
1 - - American-Hungarian Federation
2 - Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee
3. - Catholic Relief Services (National Catholic Welfare Conference)
4 - Church World Services, Inc.
5- - Hungarian League of America, Inc.
6 - International Rescue Committee, Inc.
7 - Lutheran Refugee Service
8- - Tolstoy Foundation, Inc.
9 . United HIAS Service
10 - United Ukranian American Relief Committee
OCCUPATION CODE
See Department of Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles
RELATIONSHIP CODE
-i
1 . Father
8 - Aunt
2- - Mother
9 - Nephew
3. Brother
10 - Niece
4 - Sister
11 - Cousin
{
T
a
5. - Grandfather
12 - Other Relative
6 - Grandmother
13 - Friend
7. - Uncle
AREA PREFERRED CODE
GERALD j' VIBRABY
See IBM Code Book for City, Counties and States in United States
62
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)
Date
EMPLOYMENT OFFER (SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS)
PROCESSING NUMBER
(leave blank)
I
(Last name Individual, Company, Agency or Organization)
(First name)
(Initial)
residing or located at
(Street number and name)
(leave blank)
(City or town)
(County)
(State)
CITY STATE CODE
will provide employment for
male workers,
fe male workers and/or
married
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
couples. The nature of the business is
The exact
(Please describe)
description of the occupation is
(Please describe)
(NOTE 71 more than one occupation classification is involved in this oller please describe each classification on separate sheet indicat-
(leave blank)
ind quantities of males, females and/or couptes)
CITY STATE CODE
Knowledge of the English language is
required
not required. The rote of pay for this occupation is
(Check one)
per
hour,
day,
week,
month. This position is
permanent,
temporary.
(Dellare Cents)
(Check one)
(Check one)
Housing is
provided,
not provided. (If housing is offered please fill in Housing Section below.)
(Check one)
Additional Remarks
NOTE - ALL FORMS MUST BE SIGNED BELOW!
(leave blank)
HOUSING OFFER
AGENCY CODE
1
(Last name - Individual, Company, Agency or Organization)
(First name)
(Initial)
residing or located of
-
(Street number and name)
(leave blank)
(City or town)
(County)
(State)
CITY STATE CODE
will provide housing for
adult males,
adult females,
morried couples and/or
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
families. Please indicate family size
adults
children.
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
(Quantity)
Type of housing being offered,
room,
opartment,
share home,
separate house. Number of rooms
(Check one)
available to refugees
is Describe
(NOTE If more than one type of housing to being offered please describe and indicate
type and number of reums and bethrooms en a separate sheet)
Number of bathrooms available
. Describe
(Number of tollets, baths and/or showers)
Additional Remarks
I understand that any of the persons to whom I have herein offered employment and/or housing are completely free
to leave such employment or housing with no other obligation than to notify the District Director of the nearest
Immigration and Naturalization Service office of their current address and occupation
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(Signature of person making offer)
INSTRUCTIONS
One copy of this form may be submitted direct to the President's Committee for Hungarian
Refugee Relief of Kilmer Reception Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, or through the
Governor's Committee of refugee relief in your state. If you desire to have one of the or-
ganizations or voluntary social agencies listed below, which have been recognized by the
Administrator of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, act os your agent at the Kilmer Recep-
tion Center, you should submit this completely executed form to the representative of such
agency in the area in which you reside:
1 - - American-Hungarian Federation
2. Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee
3- - Cotholic Relief Services (National Catholic Welfore Conference)
4 - - Church World Service, Inc.
5. . Hungorian League of America, Inc.
6. International Rescue Committee, Inc.
7- - Lutheran Refugee Service
8. . Tolstoy Foundation, Inc.
9. United HIAS Service
10 a United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
A job order from a local office of the Stote Employment Service may be attached in lieu of the
employment information and signature.
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JOYCE KILMER RECEPTION CENTER
REFUGEE STATUS SUMMARY
Month
#of
# of
# of
Total
Total
Total
Total
December
Planes
Refugees
Refugees
Planes
Refugees
Refugees
Refugees
Date
Arrived
Arrived
Departed
Arrived
Received
Departed
On Hand
1 Saturday
2
149
90
13
951
583
33
2 Sunday
0
0
90
13
951
613
315
3 Monday
2
143
57
15
1,058
730
329
4 Tuesday
3
211
108
18
1,269
838
431
5 Wednesday
3
218
156
21
1,487
994
493
6 Thursday
4
277
62
25
1,764
1,056
782
7 Friday
4
290
97
29
2,054
1,153
975
8 Saturday
3
207
223
32
2,261
1,376
885
9 Sunday
3
224
144
35
2,485
1,520
965
10 Monday
4
292
384
39
2,777
1,904
873
11 Tuesday
5
359
161
44
3,136
2,065
1,071
12 Wednesday
8
494
163
52'
3,630
2,228
1,402
13 Thursday
7
417
239
59
4,047
2,467
1,580
14 Friday
15
1,025
55
74
5,072
2,522
2,550
15 Saturday
7
466
202
81
5,538
2,724
2,814
16 Sunday
12
694
117
93
6,232
2,841
3,391
17 Monday
5
330
256
98
6,562
3,097
3,465
18 Tuesday
17
1,101
365
115
7,663
3,462
4,201
19 Wednesday
2
124
400
117
7,787
3,862
3,925
20 Thursday
6
416
519
123
8,203
4,381
3,822
21 Friday
5
313
341
128
8,516
4,722
3,794
22 Saturday
11
709
229
:
139
9,225
4,951
4,274
23 Sunday
12
740
169
151
9,965
4,120
4,845
24 Monday
8
517
282
159
10,482
5,402
5,080
25 Tuesday
22
1,406
186
181
11,888
5,588
6,300
26 Wednesday
9
597
316
190
12,485
5,904
6,581
27 Thursday
13
870
823
203
13,355
6,727
6,628
28 Friday
9
596
575
212
13,951
7,302
6,649
29 Saturday
8
473
542
220
14,424
7,844
6,580
30 Sunday
7
491
445
227
14,950
8,289
6,626
65
31 Monday
3
225
463
230
15,140
8,752
6,388
Note: Separate sheets showing Kilmer arrival and departure figures since December 31 will he
DIRECTORY OF AGENCIES WITH OFFICES AT
KILMER RECEPTION CENTER
U. S. Army
-- Brig. Gen. S. C. Wooten, Commanding
President's Committee
-- Leo C. Beebe, Vice Chairman
Sponsoring Agencies
American-Hungarian Federation
-- Mrs. Frank Suto
Baptist World Alliance Relief
Committee
--
Church World Service
-- Edward Savage
Hungarian Catholic League of
America
--
International Rescue Committee
-- Harold Grimes
Lutheran Refugee Service
-- George Whetstone
National Catholic Welfare Conf.
-- Hugh McLoone
Tolstoy Foundation
-- Thaddeus Chylinski
United HIAS Service
-- Irving Antel
United Ukranian American Relief
Commission
-- Dr. Aurel Aczel
Government Agencies
Department of Health, Welfare,
and Education
-- Betty Barton
Immigration and Naturalization
Service
-- Larry Hardin
United States Employment Service
--
Fred Schoenborn,
United States Customs Service
United States State Department
-- Kenneth Yearns
United States Public Health Service --
Dr. I. A. Abrahamer
Cooperating Agencies
N. J. Governor's Committee for
Refugee Relief
-- Jack B. Dunn
American Red Cross
-- Jack Henry
AFL-CIO
-- Robert Flaherity
National Academy of Sciences
-- Dr. M. H. Trytten
World University Service
-- Albert Mark
Hungarian National Council
-- Paul G. Schell
Radio Free Europe
-- Glen Strong
n Accredited, but not located at Kilmer.
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