D.C. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: After reviewing the Administrations proposal for FY 1984 refugee admissions. I recommend a worldwide ceiling of 83.000 (compared with the proposed 72.000 figure) to allow adjustments in the Administrations suggested allocations for East Asia and Eastern Europe/Soviet Union. An 83.000 figure represents a 7.000 reduction compared with the FY 1983 ceiling of 90.000. I applaud your policy of attempting over the next two fiscal years. in concert with other receiving nations. to substantially reduce the Indochinese refugee camp population of approximately 192.000. The FY 1984 allocation for East Asia will have to accommodate approximately 15.000 Indochinese refugees who already have been approved (in FY 1983) for admission to the United States but are undergoing recently lengthened English language and cultural orientation training programs abroad. The remaining 35.000 will have to accommodate persons coming under the Orderly Departure Program. The large numbers of refugees in transit. the administrative difficulties in screening refugees earlier in this fiscal year. and the continuing flows of refugees (estimated at 30.000 for next year) justify an allocation of 58.000 for East Asia (compared with the proposed figure of 50.000). A 58.000 allocation represents a 6.000 reduction compared with the FY 1983 allocation of 64.000. The allocation for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. in my judgment. should remain at 15.000 (the FY 1983 allocation) because actual admissions this year have approximated this figure. A lower allocation of 12.000. in my judgment. would reduce the flexibility of our refugee program in that part of the world. Sincerely.
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