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CATEGORY IIA
FORMER U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO HELD SUPERVISORY OR OTHERWISE MEANINGFUL POSITIONS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 1, 1952, CR WORKERS SUCH AS JANITORS, DRIVERS, GARDENERS, AND GUARDS IF THEY WERE SO EMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY
1, 1962.
CATEGORY II B PERSONS WHO WERE NOT OFFICIALLY UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES BUT WHO WERE SO IVIEGRATED INTO THE IM- MEDIATE STRUCTURE OF AN OFFICIAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
OFFICE AS TO APPEAR TO BE SUCH AN EMPLOYEE. AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH A RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE A MILITARY INTERPRETER ASSIGNED TO ASSIST AND SERVE AS PART OF THE STAFF OF A U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICE. NUMBERS WILL BE SMALL IN THIS CATEGORY WHICH WILL NOT INCLUDE UNITS OR GROUPS OF PERSONS. THE TIME PERIODS FOR ELIGIBILITY ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR CATEGORY IIA.
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CATEGORY III REFUGEES WHO BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE U.S. WERE PERSECUTED BY OR WERE IN FEAR OF BEING PERSECUTED BY THE COMMUNIST REGIME. TIME FORMERLY SPENT IN PRISON FOR POLITICAL REASONS OR IN RE- EDUCATION CAMPS IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING ELICIZILITY UNDER THIS CATEGORY. IF ANOTHER COUNTRY OFFERS TO RESETTLE REFUGEES IN THIS CATEGORY, HOWEVER, THEY CANNOT BE ACCEPTED UNDER LRP, UNLESS THE REFUGEE IS 20 YEARS OF AGE OR UNDER, HAS A ELOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HAS NO SUCH RELATIVE ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA. MOREOVER, BEFORE THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN LRP, REFUGEES, OTHER THAN THOSE INCLUDED IN THIS EXCEPTION, MUST BE WILLING TO ACCEPT AN OFFER OF RESETTLEMENT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY IF IT MAKES SUCH AN OFFER. FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF REFUGEES WHO CAN BE INCLUDED IN CATEGORY III:
CATEGORY IIIA - FORMER EMPLOYEES OF U.S. FOUNDATIONS, VOL- UNTARY AGENCIES OR BUSINESS FIRMS WHO HELD SUPERVISORY OR OTHERWISE MEANINGFUL POSITIONS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 1, 1962, CR OTHER WORKERS EMPLOYED BY SUCH U.S. ORGANIZATIONS FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS SUB- SE QUENT TO JANUARY 1, 1962.
CATEGORY IIIB
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PERSONS WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OR ARMED FORCES OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENTS OF THE INDOCHINESE COUNTRIES WERE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICIES OR U.S. GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS.
CATEGORY IIIC
PERSONS EDUCATED OR TRAINED IN THE U.S. OR
ABROAD UNDER U.S. AUSPICES.
CATEGORY IIID 7 PERSONS WHO RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL U.S. MILITARY COMBAT AWARDS OR DECORATIONS.
CATEGORY IIIE - SPOUSES AND UNMARRIED CHILDREN OF PERSONS WHO WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED UNDER ONE OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES, BUT WHO ARE DEAD OR WERE UNABLE TO ESCAPE.
CATEGORY IIIF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ESCAPING BY LAND FROM LAOS AND NOW IN CAMPS IN THAILAND. SUCH REFUGEES SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY UNDER CATEGORY III BUT NOT TO EXCEED 125 PER MONTH BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1978. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WILL PERMIT THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE THE VIETNAMESE CAMP AT SIKHIU, THAILAND, AS SOON AS THOSE REFUGEES NOW IN THE CAMP ARE RESETTLED ABROAD.