Mr. President. on July. 12. 1967. I wrote to Secretary of State Dean Rusk strongly protesting the Departments implementation of section 203 (a) (7) of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 dealing with the conditional entry of political refugees from Communist or Communistdominated countries. The establishment of refugee offices in six European countries. one in the Middle East. and none in Asia and the Pacific. I pointed out. effectively barred such refugees from entering the United States from Asia and the Pacific under this provision of the law. On July 25. I received an answer from the Department in regard to my urgent request that refugee offices be established in Hong Kong and Thailand or Singapore. Then. on August 8. I wrote another letter to the Secretary pointing out that I was "absolutely not satisfied" with the points raised by the Departments letter which attempted to justify their position on this matter. I believe I rebutted each argument effectively. and charged that by refusing to designate refugee offices in Asia and the Pacific. the Department is guilty of gross discriminationnot by law. but by administrative fiat. Mr. President.
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