The United States has not heretofore made a contribution to the administrative and supporting budget of the ICRC. The American Red Cross has made an annual nominal contribution of $25.000. In recent months the ICRC has carried forward activities of special interest to the United States. such as medical services and supplies and relief for hospitals in the Congo. the establishment of a special Red Cross mission in Laos concerned particularly with prisoners. including Americans in the hands of Pathet Lao and especially difficult services to Tibetan refugees in Nepal. of which 5.000 have been in desperate need of relief and resettlement assistance. No other international public or private agency for refugees has been admitted to Nepal. The ICRC also acted in Cuba until 1960. Since then efforts to assist prisoners and detainees have not proven successful. although they are still being pursued.
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