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The administrative headquarters of AFR are in New York with operational offices in Frankfurt/Main. Germany. The agency assists refugees from the USSR and satellite countries with food. clothing. housing. language training. employment placement and for those desiring to emigrate. a visaprocessing program is in effect. APR specializes in assisting refugees and escapees with professional and scientific backgrounds. the majority of whom emigrate to the United States. Approximately 350 refugees in this category have been processed recently. Outside of the United States. the agency operates under contracts with the Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs (ORM). Department of State. and maintains close cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM). and with the AmerIcan Council for Emlgres in the Professions (ACEP). American Friends Service Committee. Inc. (AFSC). 160 North 15th Street. Philadel-. phia. Pa. AFSC continued to provide programs for refugees in Hong Kong and Vienna as well as assisting in the integration of former refugees in Algeria. In addition. the Committee continued to resettle refugees in the United States and is supplying material aid to Angolan refugees in the Congo and to handicapped Arab refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. The Committee has developed an extensive family planning program as part of its public health education services in Hong Kong. The AFSCs major programs to aid refugees are in the following areas: AlgeriaEstablishment of a series of community development programs in rural villages composed of former refugees and displaced Algerians. The program includes training in manual skills. health education. agricultural extension work. and assistance in the organization of community projects. 250.000 returning refugees have merged with the rural population and benefit from this program. Hong KongA program has been established within the largest resettlement housing project. offering such services as: a cooperative nursery school. a mothers and a fathers club. counseling and recreational groups for youth. and vocational training. Community development projects have been established in fishing villages inhabited by refugees around Hong Kong10.000 refugees were directly involved in AFSC programs. while some 55.000 were reached indirectly. AustriaFinal stages of phasing out a resettlement program for Hungarian refugees. Some 300 refugees are involved. Central AfricaMaterial aid supplied to Sudanese refugees in the Congo. Kenya and Uganda. United StatesResettlement of European. Chinese. Cuban and Arab refugees. VietnamRelief work in Quang Ngal. South Vietnam.