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DISTR MINA USS JFB PGE PSP PSR PPR PER IMU PSD PEP JGP URR JIM JIMH
REF OURTEL UNGR2207 19SEP YOURTEL JID 3229 18JUN
---USA REFUGEE POLICY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
SUMMARY:USA REFUGEE POLICY OVER PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN CARRIED ON
LARGELY BY INERTIA WITH GROWING CONGRESSIONAL SKEPTICISM BALANCED BY
SKILLFUL EXPLOITATION OF ADMIN BASIC HOSTILITY TOWARDS SRVN BY RE-
SETTLEMENT ADVOCATES. POLICY TO QUOTE MANAGE DOWN UNQUOTE PROGRAM
SHOWED ITSELF A FAILURE IN 1924/85.HOWEVER BUDGET PRESSURES HAVE FIN-
ALLY FORCED MAJOR RE-EXAMINATION.ICG PROCESS HAS UNDOUBTEDLY PLAYED
SIGNIFICANT ROLE BY PROVIDING AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS FOR POLICY CHAN-
GE AND THREAT OF AUSTRALIAN AND CDN WITHDRAWL.WITH PURCELLS DEPAR-
TURE, FURTHER MOVEMENT WILL BE VERY MUCH UP TO NEW REFUGEE COORDINATOR
MOORE.DESPITE WHAT WE FEEL IS A BASIC PRO-SETTLEMENT INCLINATION
BELIEVE MOORE BEING AWARE OF BUDGET AND POLITICAL PRESSURES TO REDUCE
RESETTLEMENT IS AS YET UNCOMMITTED. BELIEVE THEREFORE FORTHCOMING MTG
IN GENEV WILL BE CRITICAL TO ENSURING MOORE IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF
OUR CONCERNS AND PREPARED TO EXERT LEADERSHIP TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
PURCELL INITIATIVE.IN ABSENCE OF THIS, RESETTLEMENT ADVOCATES IN STATE
MAY WELL PUSH THROUGH MODIFICATIONS TO RESETTLEMENT POLICY WHICH WILL
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