DOWNEYS-REFUGEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200410013-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: May 28, 1962
• Content Type: PREL

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NO ON t .Lod Y 511AST3Y IN 1--' II'TII ~[G" ,{tE SAID, ?'1 HEYI;ARE NOT
DRF S :D AS S! 1 LI v AS II' A LJii E 4,ES.t[`v>, CITY tJ. NO ONE IS tL
RAGE AND TATTER'O "
D0UNEY VISITS .IN F 1PING 1'0 SEE HI _ S :OTRER IN. THE
ONLY OBVIOUS 4DZ 'FtR NICE SInCE THZNV V ,SAI') "'EPE t F l O #
RODE THE TRAIN TO THE rncNT IEF PE's EEN NAY I AND LAST FRIDAY WHEtJ
COMMUNIST GUARDS TIGRI D BORDER COI4T? 01...
"EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL TO E " tttLLIAE SAID.
HE ADDED T hA , '1 ' ;A IN THEY WAS >':AS NOT CItOUDED.
DOt'I EY SAID G ilIS 320th-MIL 13-DAY TRIP HE SAID NO
EVIDENCE CF ON OP. , OLITICtL. O ES'I` THAT FIGHT HAVE TOUCHED
OFF THE REFU E i?S
HE SAID P I _ SIE DE r&USED A~~ 1 EARED ADEQUATELY I~ ED A NDD
CLOTHED, Tf~E ;{_ J FLIGHT 11110 I'GI IT ICJ3L D TJR ANCk: THAT
MRS. HAE Y DOWNEY AND HER SON tILLIAM OF NNE BRITAIN CONN4,
CAME FROM FEIPING WHERE THEY HAD VISITS 1"PS. DOWNEY'S 6T?IER
SON JOHN ? HE 1 S SPENT 10 YEARS IN A 1ED CHINESE JAIL SERVING A
LIF' SENTENCE; ON SPY CHAR ?F.S.
WILLIAM DOUNEY SAID THEY SAW NC SIGN OF ANY REFUGEES DUR 1IG TITS
95-MILE TRAIN RIDE FROM CANTON TO HONG KONG* THOUSANDS Or` REFUGEES
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HONG KONG MAY 23 . (AP)-TWO AVER ICANS ARRIVED FROM RED CHINA
TODAY AND RETORTED CC PLETE QUIET ON THE COMMUNIST SIDE OF THE
BORDER ACROSS WHICH THOUSANDS OF CHINESE REFUGEES HAVE SWARMED
IN RECENT t'EEKS.
19CI NEY~ A DT IwA+S~_ t:Q I14EDIitTE tOS PEC'T JOHN OW EY
BEING RELE T THAT HE HAD '*APPEAF: Ii.) GOOD TIE ;ECU ST gED G L~THAT HE BE i `EN-L NO11F. A `A2.I S
SAID JOHN HAD LEM'I~.. ~ 0- 1"a TF..CDLI~ SCOTT C I 1 '
'~`~ i~~~1L''~'~ 1~ PE ;~'< -~1
5 PACE FLICHT F tCMI :HIt'ESNEWSPAPERS WHICH ARE READ TO HIS DAILY.
HE LOOKED VERY WELL, SAID I'iIZS. DO F ' Y, WHO HA MADE ;LOUR
TRIPS SINCE 145< TO SEE JON WHO THE U.S. Gfit Rl ME ~"t MAINTAINr
WAS CONVICTED OF TRUMPED U HI l GES.
TRAVEL CONTROL WHO CAME }IE1E TO 1'EL-- PIOCESS9REF'tICEE APPL1CATTCNS.
THE IMMIGRANTS WILL BE SELECTS) }'},,, ?~ ABOUT 1' 000 CHINE E rtO
HAVE HAD APPLICATION c CN FILE AT THE U.S. CONSULATE AS FAR
BACK AS i95r HE OIL IT VILL NOT INCLUDE ANY V H0 MANAGED
TO ELUDE 13t i` I:ELI POLICE IID THE -::ENT INFLUX ACRCSS THE BORDE`'
HE ADDED,
DOWNEY AN ARMY CIVILIAN 'PLOYS '.)ISP:PPEARED DURING THE KOREAN
tL\ Of W9 T THE ARMY SAID VA A hCIU II FLIGHT FROM SEOUL TO
JAPAN*
THE PEIPING GOVERNtENT CHARGE} THAT DC 1 EY AN RICHARD F"ECTEAU
OF Lf`NN SS. t:ERT Svc' DOWM NOV, 29 1 52, WILE FLYING OM ER
MANCHURIA z D: C1 SUPPLIES TO ANTI-GO A W
IN 91ST A.t E 1TS. I~ECTEIA11 WAS
SENTENC D... -z .. Y~4E'dS,
ON I~R PEtPINIO~ I 1 VISIT IN 1`5C I 5. DCWNEY SAID IVIED CHINES"
A11THORITI AD III?'TED THAT Jc3KNt NO 320 1t IGHUT 1? RE1 ASEI) FOR
GOODS DEHAVIOBUT SHE SAID SHE G0T THE IJ PRE< SIL CL71, NC
COULD BE ' YEA'',E A to i .
BOTH Do '\ PEARS- } TIRED `:}IEIR JOURNEY BUT 'ILLIA
ASKED WS OR '1 LATEST l'rO"a;ATI'II ON THE F% T'UIE; QUESTION*
ANE'ICA z 11GR/1IDN OTPTC ALS HAVE SAID SEVERAL THOCIS.AND
REFUGEEt MAY BE SENT TO THE UNITED STATES VITHIN ~.0 14EEI S.
"E cERT ILf' rANT TO GET THEM GOING AS SOUP A POSSI8L:E '511T
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Approved For Release 2000/05/24: CIA-RDP75-00149R000200410013-4