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TELELETTER
FROM S J GOMERSALL ESQ, WASHINGTON
DATED 14 OCTOBER 1932
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1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELNO 26 OF 12 OCTOBER. I SAV BRUCE FLATIN (DIRECTOR FOR ASIAN REFUGEE PROCESSING AND ADMISSIONS, BUREAU FOR REFUGEE PROGRAMMES) AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF ON 14 OCTOBER. HE CONFIRMED THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD DE PREPARED TO DISCUSS REFUGEES WITH THE GOVERNOR, AND ALSO MENTIONED, IN CASE YOU WERE UNAWARE, THAT JOSEPH SURECK, THE DIRECTOR FOR ASIAN REFUGEES IN THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALISATION SERVICE (INS), IS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG.
2. 1 SPOKE AS SUGGESTED, DRAWING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE HARD CORE OF ETHNIC CHINESE AMONG REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE TWO GROUPS MENTIONED IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING PICTURE EMERGED. (1) THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW APPROVED THE CEILING OF 90,000 TOTAL REFUGEE ADMISSIONS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1992, WITH A SUB-CEILING OF 64,000 FOR EAST ASIA. (OFF THE RECORD, IT WAS ADMITTED THAT THIS SUD-CEILING WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME UPTAKE FROM HONG KONG WHILE AT THE SAME TIME FULFILLING US COMMITMENTS TO A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN CAMPS 18 THAILAND, PHILIPPINES, ETC.) THE ADMINISTRATION ARE NOW TRYING TO ACHIEVE A SITUATION WHEREBY AMERICA TOOK ONE HALF OF THE REFUGEES RESETTLED FROM INDO-CHINA, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD ONE HALF, THOUGH EVEN THIS DISTRIBUTION IS CONSIDERED INEQUITABLE, AND THEIR ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE ONE-THIRD.
(11) FLATIN CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPENSION OF ADIISSIONS IN CATEGORY 4F (THOSE WITHOUT FAMILY OR OTHER TIES TO THE US) SINCE APRIL WAS VIRTUALLY SET IN CONCRETE: THAT ANY UNUSED
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