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CONFIDENTIAL

ANDO-CHINA REFUGEES: ASSESSMENT

NDO-

OFFER NEW

OF READINESS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO

RESETTLEMENT PLACES

AREA

COUNTRY

(a) READINESS TO OFFER

SETTLEMENT PLACES

(b) LIKELY REACTION TO OFFER OF SUBSIDY

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Venezuela

Central America

Belize

Yes. Willing (100 ref- ugees accepted. 300 families to be admitted)

Yes. Willing (possesses capacity but needs help)

Probably not (possesses space but not inclination)

Probably yes.

Yes. Willing (off the record response)

Possibly yes. (However, strict immigration control)

No indication (possesses

capacity)

Yes. Willing Chas offer- ed to accept some refug- ees)

Suriname

Yes.

Willing.

Guyana

Others...

West Indies

Middle East

and Northern Africa

Probably yes. (However,

racial tension between ruling African minority and Asian (Indian) pop- ulation)

No

No.

Unwilling Cone or

two families may be taken as a token gesture)

No.

Unwilling (it would,

however, be worthwhile

attempting to shame the

richer Arab countries into

disbursing funds to help

settlement of refugees elsewhere)

Would make

ence

no

differ-

!

Yes. ture

(Needs infrastruc and communications to open up areas)

Would make no differ-

ence

Yes (may encourage)

Yes (likely to encour- age)

Yes (likely to encour- age)

Would make no differ-

ence

1

Yes (has asked for subsidy as necessary condition)

a

Yes (likely to age)

encour-

Substantial subsidy may possibly help.

Would make no difference

Unlikely to make any difference.

Would make no differ-

ence

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