IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REFUGEE RELIEF ACT OF 1953

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 18, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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0 PERATIONS COORD INATIAIG BOARD
4Jashington 25, D. C.
May 1$, 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR THE 4PERATIf7N5 C~RDINATING BOARD
SUBJECTS Implementation of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953.
The attached full report by the State Department on the
Refugee Relief Act i.iaplementation is presented to the Board
in response to its request at its meeting on May 5,
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'-ELner B, Staats
Executive Officer
Report to the OCB on the
Refugee Relief Act.
NSC review(s) completed.
State Department review completed
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Refugee fte3.iaf. Aat;
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Ilse rei`ueea, escapees, ecs~ellees and orpi~s~ lie red in
5ectiosz~s ~. ~snc~ ~ e)1[ th.e ,yet, mho must present a:: ~ur~r~r,~:s
fracas 11s:-?~:r:ic~sn cf.tizens as a stop i.rs ~uali:~'ying f?~r ? ~:*i.sa
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~2 j Ttsose pia:csons of CLalian, Uutch and C3x?eak ethnic ore ~?~ ~.A
~aho.e nre.fe~:'a~r~ce ~x~:atus u~s..~er thc~ quota. as relat:.~vet~ rf
C7, S. citizexss is ~.stablislsecl. under the Im~nigrati ~n ~ nct
iQational'i.ty Act.
The basic baclc{~ourd and pa~obl.~~;ss ~aitli r?spect to these trcc~
categories are set forth be:l.owo In additia+n, there are at-.acl"ecx a ~~ Vitus
of V3.6a Appliea~ian~s .
TA13 B -Table 5hcrring Progress
3r Italy.
TAB G -~ Copy of Rei"ugea he.l.i.of
Act
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~~nly ;o refugces who are not indigenous to the area described in this
para~~raph.
a 1;i') Not to exceed three thousand visas to refugees, residing withir.
tkie district of an American~eonsular office in the Far East: Provided,
1"ha3; such. visas shall be issueyl only in said consular of&ce district, and
only to refugees who are ~r-digenous to the area described in this
paragraph.
ll) Not t.o exceed two thousand visa3 to refu s of Chinese ethnic
uri ~ i n whose passports for trsael to the United rates are endorsed by
the ("hinese National Government or its authorized representatives.
{ I"t} Not to exceed two thousand visas to refugees who on the date
of Elbe enactment of this Act are eligible to receive assistance fmm
the ~Clnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East : Provided, That such visas shall be issued only. in the
area described in this paragraph.
sooueee, eto. (b) The allotments provided in subsection (a) of this section shall
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(c) Assistance rendered an alien in connection with his transppoorta-
tion to and resettlement in the United States shall not be regarded as
a cause for excludability as an eliien likely to become a public charge,
No alien with respect to whom assurances have been furnished as
provided in this section shall be deemed to be a pauper under pare- s vse iis2,
graph (8) of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(66 Stat.182) .
(d) No alien shall bt issued a visa under this Act or be admitted
into the United States unless he shall present to the consular officer
at the time of making applicatian for a visa or to the immigration
officer at the time of application for admission {1) a valid unexpired
passport or other suitable travel document, or document of identity
or nationality, or other rla:umentary evidence that he wil] be assured
of readmission to the country of :his nationality, foreign residence or
in which he obtains a visr, under this Act and (2) a certificate of read-
mission guaranteeing his readmission to the country in which he
obtains a visa under tlRis Act i?F it is subsequently #ound that. he
obtained a visa under phis Act by fraud or by misrepre,5enting a
material fact.
iNTF:aOOVERNMENTAL ARRANQF,MF.NT$
SEC. 8. The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of this Act, "
,Hake such arrangements with. foreign governments and with the
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration as are neces-
sary and appropriate, for the purpose of financing the overseas trans-
portation of persons R-ho may biz issued visas under this Act, such
?trrangements to be mutually beneficial to the economies of the United
States and the countries: c;oncerne+i, as well as to such persons. Such
arrangements, where apppropriate, may seek to enable? immigrants
tinder this Act to tra,isik?r into dollar currency personal assets neces-
nary for defraying thc~ ccist of transportation and for use in the United
States. Arrangements between the United States and the other gov-
ernments concerned and:thc+ Intergovernmental (`.ommittee for Euro-
pean Migration shouYd xis? provide for such catperation and assist-
ance as may be requiren an the adininiat.ration of the grogram author-
ized under this Act in the territory of the intendm ~ immigrant's
residence. Ali transixictatitin by ships or airplanes o~ aliens tinder
this Act to the Llnitc>,l States, the cost of which is defrayed in whwho~le fir stet. sea.
or in part by the (xover>mment of the United States, steal el b by ships e~ stet, ae5.
or airplanes registered r(ruier the United States flag, if available.
SEC. 9. within the cal+rtrories established in section 4 of this Act
the determination of thi? eligibility of persons to receive visas and
of the admissibility of each. l,erwnis into the United States under this
Act shall be made