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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 119834
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SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE ON INDOCHINESE REFUGEE PANEL REP CRT
1. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON APRIL 18 ON INDOCHINESE REFUGEE PANEL REPORT.
2. BEGIN TEXT. THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE PANEL HEADED BY FORMER GOVERNOR OF IOWA ROBERT D. RAY HAS CONCLUDED THAT CHANGES IN THE NUMBERS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OUTFLOW OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES WARRANT CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS IN U.S. POLICIES, AND THAT THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND AMERICAN TRADITIONS OF HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE, REQUIRE A CONTINUING LEADING ROLE BY THE UNITED STATES IN COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS. THE PANEL ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING SAFE FIRST ASYLUM FOR REFUGEES WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION. THE PANEL SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 18.
3. IN ITS TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY THE PANEL SAID: "OUR OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN TO PROPOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL KEEP UNITED STATES POLICIES AND PROGRAMS RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGING REFUGEE SITUATION AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SEARCH FOR LASTING AND HUMANE SOLUTIONS.
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THE PANEL RECOMMENDS TEAT UNITED STATES ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS FCR INDOCHINESE SHOULD FOLLOW A TWO-TRACK SYSTEM: AN EFFECTIVE REFUGEE PROGRAM FOR THOSE FLEEING PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR SOCIAL
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