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1. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO WASHINGTON FOR SIGHT OF THE TEXT OF THE VOA REPORT. SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY IS UNFORTUNATE (''ECONOMIC

REFUGEES IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS AND REFERENCE TO ''REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES' IS MISLEADING) AND AS YOU KNOW IT IS

NOT AT PRESENT TRUE THAT ''CHARITIES AND THE UNITED NATIONS COVER MUCH OF THE COST OF FEEDING AND HOUSING THE REFUGEES'' HOWEVER THE GENERAL THRUST OF THE REPORT IS HELPFUL.

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