In other words. they were able to act 5 to 6 days after we acted within our committee on this matter and. therefore. were able to act on much more current information. Let me very quickly review that information. because I think it is of interest to the Members of the House. There are now within what is termed the U.S. system that has been established 121.605 refugees. This is as of May 14. 1975. Of that number of 121.605. 15.531 have been outprocessed from the restaging sites in this country. In other words. they are now out in American society. Fortythree thousand. two hundred and eightone are in the restaging sites at Camp Pendleton. Fort Chaffee. and Eglin Air Force Base. the three restaging sites that have been designated for dealing with the refugees. Sixtyone thousand four hundred and fortythree are at the west Pacific restaging sites. particularly Guam. with just over 50.000. and Wake Island with some 7.600. and another 1.350. it is estimated. are aboard ship moving toward the Western Pacific restaging sites. So that is where the total figure of 121.605 refugees comes from. We have moved with speed because there is clearly needed an authorization to provide for the funding of the various programs involved in moving these refugees into Guam. forward from Guam to the United States. and then resettling them in this country and providing them with the necessary services. The executive department hasat least. in their testimony to usbeen very careful about drawing down funds that are not properly authorized for this purpose. I commend them for that.
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