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5 ;!-jr.«^-v«-r^-: nara; xa^nmr Tfrn" rr- SECURTY CLASSFCATON OF THS FAQC (Whan Oaa Enfnd) REPORT OCUMENTATON PAGE 1. REPORT NUMBER 2. OOVT ACCESSON NO." REA NSTRUCTONS PORE COMPLETNG FORM ENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 4. TTLE fand Subtll«; A^t5*^l^5Lj l *P5^ Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce -(JRCO)f ^PE >p RUHJR mmnmmmmfm* After X ct o n /Ref)*»^ JunTS «r31 Jan 7»EPORT mm 8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERf -^ Robert A.ySlany, gflggsbg rs&bs? [N/A] ; 9. PERFORMNG ORGANZATON NAME AN ARESS Army Element, Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce [APE-PRO] 11. CONTROLLNG OFFCE NAME AN ARESS rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget, Offce of the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel fapf.-pr 14. MONTORNG AGENCY NAME ft AOONtSSff dlhmnt from Conttoltl 1. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT, TASK AREA «WORK UNT NUMBERS [N/A]. C [Same as tem 11] Sa. OECLASSFCATON/OWNGRAONC SCHEULE urn. 16. STRBUTON STATEMENT (ol Ml Rtporl) Approved for publc release; dstrbuton unlmted. 17. STRBUTON STATEMENT (al (ha abatraet antarad n Block 2, t dffarant from Raport; S. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES [Same as tem 16] [None] HJ KEY WORS (CanHma on ravaraa (da // naeaaaary and dmtlly by block nuobao ndochnese refugees and evacuees. Operaton NEW ARRVALS. Vet-Nam. Camboda. Laos.,^ 1ST RACT fcondnu» on ravaraa flda f naeaaaary and dtnllly by block numbot) Ths report provdes an hstorcal record of the establshment, procedures, functons, and observatons of the Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRC) r for the perod of 4 June 75 to 31 January 76. Tho rnle nf JRGQawas to expedte the ndo- Chnese refugee sponsorshp process (for members of the Unted States mltary communty by facltatng the locaton of Vetnamese.. Cambodan (Khmer), and Laotan natonals who were evacuated and to dssemnate sponsorshtyresettlement nformaton. FORM AN ETON OF 1 NOV 68 S OBSOLETE V V ru Unclassfed SECTJRTY CLASSFCATON OF THS PAGE CWan ata Entara». :.... A,,....,.. ^... - E '.

6 ,..,1, T<l>Tp^S'J^*,;lslgy5«^j?^w.r^^ -., PRSCSKJ PAOk A BUNK.NT FME # W j^-z^tt^'&se&** TABLE OF CONTENTS. LETTER OF TRANSMTTAL. AFTER ACTON REPORT 1. Summary 2 2. Purpose 4 3. Background 6 4. Gudance Organzaton Actvtes Lessons Learned Recommendatons ANNEXES A. JRCO ocumentaton 42 B. A ocumentaton 62 C. O ocumentaton 75. ATF ocumentaton 83 E. Operatng Procedures 13 F. ata Processng System 112 G. Statstcs 118 H. Personnel 123. Bblography 126 J. strbuton V <f :

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8 J r-. rb p»w^-^r-tm Ww^pa l»^^^ _f PRBCKO PAOt^BUNK-NOT PAOCt FUME "'. t EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFCE OF THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL WASHNGTON..O. 2S1 APE-PRO 2 March 1976 fr SUBJECT: Letter of Transmttal Brgader General Hugh J. Bartley rector o Plans, Programs and Budget Pentagon, Room 2C725 Washngton, )C Pursuant to the Letter of nstructon dated 13 June 1975 whch receved n my capacty as Coordnator, Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO), and Chef, Army Element, JRCO, the After Acton Report of JRCO ncludng a compendum of lessons learned s hereby transmtted as drected. 2. Ths report, coverng the perod from 4 June 1975 to 31 January 1976, addresses the coordnated effort of all the Servces as they collectvely partcpated n JRCO actvtes. Secondly, t deals wth the operaton of the Army Element, JRCO, n support of the resettlement of ndochnese evacuees. 3. The lessons learned and recommendatons, despte the'unqueness of US actvtes n Vetnam, Camboda and Laos and ther subsequent mpact on ths humantaran effort, make a contrbuton, to our level of expertse on domestc resettlement of refugees nvolvng nteragency coordnaton and support. 4. Fnally, t would be napproprate on the occason of transmttng ths account of JRCO and ts actvtes f the nterest, energy and skll of those ndvduals who were assocated wth the creaton, executon, and coordnated support of JRCO were not formally acknowledged for the vtal role they played n ths enterprsng operaton. Attachment: After Acton Report wth Annexes SABE M. KENNEY, JR. Colonel, GS Chef, Army Element, JRCO V '-^e-tf*

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10 twrrn.^*?- " ^gm»: «MUMMW«'.'. mmnnwmmwmt^. PNtCSm PAflkBUMCNOT FLME r»> w M;,,?^::-._,:- '."VjUBBO mf: Secton 1 SUMMARY The Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) was establshed n response to an appeal by the Offce of the Secretary of efense (OS) for support by the Mltary Servces n the effort to sponsor and resettle the over 14, ndochnese who fled ther homelands begnnng n Aprl of 1975 followng the fall of the governments of the Republc of Vetnam and the Khmer Republc. Ths program was expanded later that year, n August, to nclude assstance to refugees from Laos as well. The prncpal role of JRCO was to expedte the refugee sponsorshp process for servce members by facltatng the locaton of ndochnese evacuees and to dssemnate refugee sponsorshp and resettlement nformaton to the mltary communty. Conceved of as a means of assstng U.S. servce members who desred to offer sponsorshp and other forms of ad to former counterparts and alles from the Armed Forces of the Republc of Vetnam and Khmer Republc, JRCO was responsve to the needs expressed n the nqures of mltary and mltary-related ndvduals and groups seekng to help the wde spectrum of the Vetnamese, Cambodans, and Laotans n the refugee populaton. 1. JRCO was operatonal from 4 June 1975 to 31 January 1976 and had the specfc msson of accomplshng the followng Provde nformaton on the requrements and the procedures for becomng a sponsor; ^ -'d Provde nformaton on the locaton and status of specfc evacuees from Vetnam, Camboda, and Laos; Conduct drect lason wth the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) and mantan access to the ATF computer data fles on refugees, as well as coordnatng wth OS, refugee resettlement centers, Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS), and other organzatons all refugee affars deemed approprate; and [. ',....;.

11 ..,......, , 'T'"^W!n*^ -^ : " -- Respond when requred to OS, Army Staff and other agences on matters pertanng to refugee locaton, sponsorshp, resettlement, and related affars n support of Operaton NEW ARRVALS. Organzed and coordnated as a jont actvty, JRCO was composed of Army, Marne Corps and Ar Force Elements and lason personnel from the Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO). The Army acted as host Servce for ths operaton provdng facltes and admnstratve support as requred and negotatng wth ATF for on-lne computer access to the refugee records n the data base fles. All element members of Marne Corp n addton Reservsts, sonnel were porary duty between two s of JRCO, as well as NCO, were staffed by the Reserve components of the Army, Navy, s, and Ar Force and the Ar Natonal Guard, to the seven offcers and two enlsted Army two Regular Army admnstratve support perassgned to the Army Element, JRCO, on tern- Reservsts served wth JRCO for anywhere weeks to eght months. JRCO handled thousands of sponsorshp and locaton cases and countless requests for nformaton and assstance. The Army Element of JRCO alone receved and processed 1,2 sponsorshp or locaton cases nvolvng queres on over 3,5 refugees, refugee heads o^ household or famly groups. Members of the Army communty made almost 5 offers to sponsor refugees ncludng more than 1 general sponsorshp offers for 245 refugees. About 1% of the total number of Army locaton and sponsorshp cases nvolved searches for ndvduals who were related to servce members or reported to be ther dependents, accountng for approxmately 6 persons. Of the 1,2 sponsorshp cases, 123 orgnated from nqurers statoned outsde of CONUS. n many nstances servce members sought refugees and sponsored evacuees wthout appealng to JRCO for assstance; accordngly, the fgures mentoned above are ntended only to present a profle of JRCO actvtes and not to project the overall mpact of the assstance offered by Army personnel n ths humantaran effort to sponsor and resettle ndochnese refugees. n another area, JRCO provded an orgnal servce by consoldatng and makng avalable all applcable polcy and gudance affectng mltary sponsors by vrtue of ther status as servce members such as nformaton on refugee benefts and enttlements (e.g., PX, theater, etc.) and dependency status for related refugees...-,,- -..,' ^.. '...

12 -,-,., )...,... > j^e^^^^^^^r^rpfm Secton 2 PURPOSE The purpose of ths report s to provde an hstorcal record of the establshment, procedures, functons, and observatons of the Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) for the perod of ts actvaton, 4 June 1975 to 31 January ( V Summary accounts of the overall refugee resettlement program are to be found n such sources as the reports to the Congress by the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) and General Accountng Offce (see Bblography, Annex ). Smlarly, there exsts dverse documentaton on the roles of the Mltary epartments n the logstcal and admnstratve support of the evacuaton and resettlement effort. Ths report, however, speaks exclusvely of the part played by the Mltary Servces corporately, and the Army n partcular, n assstng members of the mltary communty n locatng, sponsorng, and obtanng nformaton on programs avalable to refugees from Vetnam, Camboda, and Laos. Thus, an attempt was made nether to chroncle the myrad of actvtes that were undertaken by the varous Federal agences nvolved n the resettlement effort nor to descrbe the contrbutons of the Armed Forces n provdng support to ths humantaran effort beyond ndcatng the mpact and nfluence whch those actons had on the conduct of JRCO operatons. A second purpose of ths report s to provde the Mltary Servces and cvlan agences of the US Government wth nformaton whch may be useful n revewng and examnng current polcy and doctrne relevant to the management of refugee affars to determne valdty and effectveness. The observatons gleaned by JRCO stem from the unque poston t occuped wthn the resettlement process: operatonally detached from ATF, n drect communcaton wth resettlement center staffs, conductng lason wth Federal agences whose programs affected refugees, wth access to mltary agences tasked wth support of the evacuaton effort, and n drect contact wth refugee resettlement progress and problems through the feed back of the sponsors seekng assstance from JRCO. The range of the nsttutonal knowledge whch JRCO acqured.,.- ' ;..,. ^

13 ' T». - v- "^2 Z ' _^, : k,... durng the eght months of ts establshment asssted numerous ndvduals as well as many staff elements, agences and actvtes of the epartment of efense and cvlan organzatons. n an effort to contrbute an apprecaton of the experences of the refugee sponsorshp and resettlement effort undertaken by the mltary communty, ths report - partcularly ts lessons learned and recommendatons - s presented both for consderaton n the revson and development of polcy gudance on refugee affars and for hstorcal reference. -s ' M *

14 '?»?T^^B"Wt;^;wy««l Hy:PW^^ Secton 3 BACKGROUN The evacuaton of ndochnese peoples whch began wth the movement of Vetnamese and Cambodan orphans (Operaton BABYLFT) and contnued under Operatons NEW LFE/ NEW ARRVALS n the recepton and resettlement of the evacuees n the U.S. and other countres caused the Servces to become ncreasngly more nvolved n the support of ths humantaran enterprse. Because of the long nvolvement of the U.S. n the countres of ndochna and the close assocatons whch many Amercans, partcularly members of the mltary communty, had bult wth persons n Vetnam, Camboda and Laos, concern for the safety and welfare of evacuees was rased by many servce members as well as cvlans. ue to the level of nterest and volume of nqures whch the mltary generated n ther attempt to seek assstance on matters pertanng to refugee locaton and sponsorshp, coupled wth the desre of Federal agences nvolved wth the resettlement of the evacuees to enlst the support of ndvduals and groups n th? Servces, an effort was undertaken to provde nformaton on locaton and sponsorshp to mltary and mltary-related persons. Prompted by the encouragement of the Offce of the Secretary of efense n such an effort, the Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO) was establshed n late May 1975 to respond to questons from Naval personnel n refugee matters and by the actvaton n the frst week of June of the Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) wth partcpaton from the Army, Marne Corps, and Ar Force. The major actvtes and mlestones of the later offce are recorded for the hstorcal record [see Chronology of Events below]. JRCO was composed of members of the Army Reserve, Marne Corps Reserve, and Ar Force Reserve and the Ar Natonal Guard - smlarly NCO was made up of Navy Reservsts - who were brought on actve duty for perods rangng from two w^eks to eght months wth mnmum start-up tme and, n all cases, no opportunty for pre-assgnment orentaton or tranng n the complextes of actvtes whch they would be requred to perform. No specfc operatng procedures exsted pror to establshment and polcy gudance, both that from cvlan agences of the U.S. ;«;-.:..:. ^.--^.., -

15 PBWRW»«'' 1 ^:(T!Ta-55WFTW«r><oWS51»W^^ ^f«h >»(WJ»WW*!»W» ll l» l '"lw" ^"^"m. Government nvolved n refugee resettlement and from the Servces n exercsng ther prerogatves over mltary sponsors, was n a state of evoluton and refnement when JRCO became operatonal. The task, then, of respondng to the exgences of ths humantaran effort and smultaneously developng an ongong operaton to deal wth t faced JRCO and was shared by other organzatons called upon to respond n other sectors to the refugee resettlement program. - ; 4 Ö ll Whle one month elapsed between the tme of the fall of the Government of the Republc of Vetnam and the approval of the concept for the establshment of of JRCO, t took only one week after that for JRCO to become operatonal wth all Army Reservsts reportng for duty wthn two days to three weeks of notfcaton. All members of the eventual Army Element of JRCO were volunteers selected for ther expertse n Southeast Asan studes or nternatonal affars or for ther management skll whch was requred to execute the vared and demandng msson assgned to JRCO. ue to the state of the art on recordng data on ndvdual evacuees, and the avalablty of that nformaton n a usable form, JRCO could not have contrbuted much beyond the most general sponsorshp nformaton pror to the begnnng of June even f t had been establshed earler. Hence, consderng the perod when JRCO was actvated and the bref amount of tme requred to brng the staff on duty, the actual operatonal start-up was markedly apropos and rapd. Prelmnary plannng and coordnaton was accomplshed n the case of Army partcpaton n JRCO under the supervson of the rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget, Offce of the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, epartment of the Army. n addton to the Army Element, JRCO, the actvtes of the Coordnator, JRCO, and the ntal admnstratve and logstcal support for the entre offce were planned and executed by ths agency. Pror to the establshment of JRCO the rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget had been already exercsng responsblty on the Army Staff for a number of refugee related actons, ncludng matters of sponsorshp queres and employment from evacuees and the Army communty, many n response to correspondence addressed to the Chef of Staff, U.S. Army, by the former senor members of the Armed Forces of the Republc of Vetnam and Khmer Republc. The contnued supervson and assstance rendered by ths rectorate contrbuted sgnfcantly to JRCO throughout the eght months of ts operaton as reflected n the actvtes whch t successfully completed. 7

16 . TJUW.WllW«y^^ l,^!w»!»^w?c!^!l!hb^!p^5^ppfb^^ 4 : 11 Chronology of Events [Note: The followng lst of events covers occurrences of mportance to JRCO and ncludes other general hstorcal mlestones whch help to place the actvtes of JRCO wthn the overall tme frame of the ndochnese refugee evacuaton and resettlement effort. For more detaled chronologcal accounts of the happenngs surroundng the evacuaton tself, legslatve actons affectng refugee mgraton, nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) background, and the admnstraton of the resettlement centers, see the hstorcal sectons n the three reports of ATF to Congress cted n the Bblography, Annex.] 8 Aprl - A Secretary of efense message tasks the rector, J-4 (Logstcs), Jont Staff, to coordnate all epartment of efense operatonal matters relatng to the movement of refugees n ndochna and the evacuaton of orphans. 12 Aprl - The U.S. Msson n Phnom Penh s evacuated by executon of Operaton EAGLE PULL'whch ncludes an ntal exodus of 1,2 Khmer or Cambodan refugees, part of the nearly 4, who wll have reached the U.S. by autumn. 18 Aprl - The Presdent calls for the establshment of an nteragency Task Force to coordnate the actvtes of the twelve U.S. Government agences requested to assst n the efforts to provde for U.S., Vetnamese, and thrd country natonals who are beng evacuated. 29 Aprl - The U.S. Msson n Sagon s closed and thousands of U.S. and Vetnamese arlfted out of the country by Operaton FREQUENT WN. As evacuees converge on PACOM recepton camps the frst refugee resettlement center n the U.S. becomes operatonal at Camp Pendleton, Calforna. The eventual capacty of ths faclty wll be 18,5 and t wll process and release over 5, refugees. 2 May - The resettlement center at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, whch wll expand to accomodate 25, evacuees at the heght of ts operaton, opens to accept refugees. 4 May - Egln Ar Force Base, Florda, becomes the ste of the thrd refugee center wth the smallest capacty - 5, and shortest operatonal lfe span of the CONUS facltes..., - ' -

17 1 W Ul, lllj,.! 19 May - The Whte House announces the formaton of the Presdent's Advsory Commttee on Refugees to be chared by Ambassador John Esenhower. 23 May - Chef of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), approves a polcy to be followed n respondng to requests from former senor members of the Armed Forces of the Republc of Vetnam and Khmer Republc seekng assstance n employment matters, [see Annex B] 27 May - The Offce of the Prncpal eputy Assstant Secretary of efense, Comptroller [OPAS(C)], releases two messages encouragng the sponsorshp of refugees by servce members and recommendng that the Mltary Servces establsh "nformaton centers or clearng houses" collectvely or unlaterally to assst the mltary communty n locatng and sponsorng ndochnese evacuees, [see Annex C] 28 May - n response to the OPAS(C) messages, the CSA advses the rector of the Army Staff (AS) to take acton n the matter. The Offce of the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel (OCSPER) s asked to (1) prepare an nformaton paper on sponsorshp, (2) dspatch a message to major commands to advse them of the polcy regardng employment of evacuees, and (3) plan for the development of the Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO). [see Annex A] On the same day the resettlement center at Fort ndantown Gap, Pennsylvana, becomes operatonal wth the eventual capablty of supportng 17, Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees. 29 May - Members of the rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget, OCSPER, meet wth representatves of the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) and an Army Staff workng group - representng OTAG, OCLL, OCNFO, OTSG, and OMS - to formulate plans for JRCO support of the refugee resettlement effort n response to the CSA drectve. : The Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO) s actvated wth a dual msson of assstng U.S. Naval personnel seekng to locate and sponsor Vetnamese and Cambodans and, correlatvely, of drectly adng former members of the Vetnamese and Khmer naves n fndng sponsors and employment. 2 June - Gudance on the handlng of Vetnamese and Khmer mltary tranees and ther dependents located n the U.S. at the tme of the fall of ther countres s outlned n a message from OPAS(C). [see Annex C].. -, -

18 ~~~~ ' ^»'W'JW^'WTO^^^'WWRW'Tr?»^!^^ «'mwv'wjmmmmvf^mm ' ' 3 June - A epartment of the Army message s released whch provdes nformaton on the requrements for sponsorshp n an effort to encourage the Army communty to support ths humantaran program and, smultaneously, announces the establshment of JRCO. [see Annex A] 4 June - Army Element, JRCO, becomes operatonal at 8 n facltes at the Pentagon wth the frst USAR offcer and two enlsted support personnel reportng for duty. 6 June - Ar Force Element, JPCO, staffed by members of the U.S. Ar Force Reserve s establshed. 9 June - Marne Corps Element, JRCO, becomes operatonal as one U.S. Marne Corps Reserve NCO reports for duty. 11 June - A meetng between JRCO staff members and representatves of the Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS) and offcals of ATF establshes a workng agreement on means to facltate JRCO sponsorshp referrals to resettlement centers va the senor cvlan coordnators. 12 June - Colonel Sabe M. Kennedy, USAR, reports for duty as Coordnator, JRCO, and Chef, Army Element, JRCO; on the followng day he s ssued a Letter of nstructon (LC) outlnng hs dutes n both capactes. 13 June - A termnal lnked to the ATF computer s nstalled and made operatonal n JRCO. To date about 45, names of refugees have been recorded n the data base wth an addtonal 1, to 1,5 names beng nputted daly. 16 June - Major General Rchard G. Trefry, Assstant eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel, vsts JRCO and s brefed on ts operatons and actvtes. 19 June - A meetng of the Presdent's Advsory Commttee on Refugees chared by Ambassador John Esenhower s attended by JRCO staff members. 23 June - Coordnator, JRCO, tours the refugee resettlement center at Fort Chaffee to observe evacuee processng. The Offce of the Secretary of efense announces that an enlstment preference may be gven to former Vetnamese and Cambodan mltary personnel who were traned by the U.S. once ther mmgraton status s changed to that of resdent alen and provded that they meet the mnmum enlstment standards of the Servces, [also see message, Annex C] 1 fr

19 .. " - 25 June - Coordnator, JRCO, meets wth Ambassador Esenhower to dscuss JRCO objectves and assstance n the resettlement of former Vetnamese and Cambodan mltary who are evacuees, then attends a full meetng of the Presdent's Advsory Commttee on Refugees. 26 June - Leutenant General Ralph L. Foster, rector of the Army Staff, vsts JRCO and s brefed on ts objectves and operaton. 1 July - Coordnator, JRCO, vsts the Fort ndantown Gap refugee resettlement center to confer wth Brgader General James Cannon, Commander, Task Force NEW ARRVALS, and observes refugee processng and resettlement efforts. 2 July - A message from epartment of the Army establshes the polcy to be followed n recrutng Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees who meet the crtera for servce n the U.S. Army, [see Annex B] 7 July - Coordnator, JRCO, meets wth Major General J. Mlnor Roberts, USA-Ret., Executve rector, Reserve Offcers Assocaton. The followng day, at the nvtaton of General Roberts, the Coordnator addressed a gatherng of servce related organzatons and assocatons at RCA Headquarters. One of the mmedate results of ths meetng was the publcty ganed n the journals publshed by these groups on the refugee resettlement effort and JRCO's role n assstng the mltary n sponsorng evacuees. - % 11 8 July - The computer data base now contans 8, records n the Evacuee fle and 12, records n the Guam fle. The accuracy of refugee data s now under revew wth the process of revson begnnng at Fort ndantown Gap. 15 July - A prnt-out of 91, names lsted by F - Famly dentfcaton Number - s forwarded to JRCO. Ths lstng proves of use n dong manual searches for refugee famles prevously dentfed by F. ue to the utlzaton of the computer system by 41 termnal ponts much tme s lost on the JRCO termnal. The BM computer capacty wll ncrease n August wth the change over to a larger machne at Wheaton, Major General Charles R. Snffn, rector of Operatons, OCSOPS, vsts JRCO to dscuss the prospects for provdng nformaton on corporate refugee sponsorshp. Subsequently, a package of materal on organzatonal assstance s prepared by JRCO n conjuncton wth ATF ' ' _.../..,, ;.,_-. t '

20 SSBB " -r-tkjwfltf&k «^-». -.. l-^- V-F-.,- - :' ^--^r^--" w,.^!^^)!^^ f.^wp^fg 16 July - rector, ATF, forwards memorandum to OPAS(C) requestng that specal legslaton be prepared to permt refugees to enlst n the Armed Forces. 21 July - Operatonal responsblty for the resettlement effort under ATF s transferred from the epartment of State to the epartment of Health, Educaton, and Welfare (HEW). 23 July - At a meetng of the Presdent's Advsory Commttee on Refugees, attended by JRCO staff members, the November phase out of the Commttee s announced. 1 August - Wake sland refugee facltes are closed. : o 14 August - n accordance wth an agreement wth the Offce of Refugee Mgraton Affars (ORM), epartment of State, JRCO begns to forward drectly to the State epartment all offers to sponsor Laotans made by U.S. mltary personnel. A decson by the Attorney General n the latter part of July now permts, under hs normal parole authorty, refugees from Laos to enter the U.S. provded that they have predesgnated sponsors. Pror to ths, sponsorshp cases receved by JRCO nvolvng Laotans could not be processed for referral but were made a matter of record untl such tme as they could bfe acted upon and drectly handled. 4 September - A Chef of the Offce of the Chef undertake an ndochnese elct nformaton from hstory project. JRCO semnal stages through a Republc of Vetnam and Staff memorandum announces that of Mltary Hstory (OCMH) wll refugee monograph program to refugees va a comprehensve oral supported ths program durng ts ssstance n locatng many former Khmer Republc mltary personnel. 15 September - Egln Ar Force Base resettlement center phases out after processng and releasng 1, evacuees n four and one half months of operaton. 27 September - The Prvacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a) goes nto effect requrng that all ndochnese refugee data be held n accordance wth the same provsons governng nformaton on fle regardng U.S. ctzens. JRCO fles that contan nformaton on refugees, havng been determned to be an extenson of ATF records, through an agreement reached wth the Task Force's counsel general, are handled n complete complance wth ths Act. 3 October - The Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO) closes wth most nqures beng referred to JRCO ncludng those requests for assstance on refugee locaton and nformaton. 12.

21 : ^ MWBjffl jpffjj^m "" V&WWpW^PTWfWmP^^ ^ ^^^.rrw^^t ^ WW'^.'^f-ww.^''' "* RJC H«!?^'.*^...^ ; -v-' - 6 October - The Offce of the Chef of Chaplans ntates the Chapel ndochna Refugee Sponsorshp Program to promote assstng resettlement through mltary congregatons. 16 October - A cargo shp wth 1,546 Vetnamese repatrates on board, departs Guam for Vetnam. JRCO screened all of ts outstandng refugee locaton requests aganst the repatrate manfest pror to the salng. 31 October - Camp Pendleton refugee resettlement center closes havng processed and released over 5, Vetnamese and Cambodan evacuees from ndochna. Guam recepton facltes close havng handled the bulk of Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees n transt to CONUS. Ar Force Element, JRCO, suspends operatons after fve months support of the voluntary sponsorshp program. Leutenant General H. G. Moore, eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel (CSPER), vsts JRCO and s brefed on ts progress to date and antcpated phase out plans. 3 November - The Secretary of the Army s desgnated the O executve agent for ndochna refugee affars. 15 ecember - Fort ndantown Gap resettlement center closes havng processed and released over 21, refugees. 2 ecember - Fort Chaffee refugee resettlement center closes havng processed and released nearly 49, evacuees. 31 ecember - The nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) termnates ts actvtes. 1 January - The HEW Refugee Task Force s establshed to functon for a perod of sx months. j ' 13 January - O^', JRCO and Army Staff representatves meet wth offca?s of the HEW Refugee Task Force to ascertan plans for ongong sponsorshp and locator assstance. 14 January - JRCO's on-lne access to the ATF computer s dsconected pror to ts transfer to HEW. 31 January - JRCO s dsestablshed followng a case revew and notfcaton durng the month of January of ndvduals wth unresolved refugee questons ndcatng ponts of contact for future reference n all aspects of refugee affars, [see Annex A] 13

22 " - "" " " ' - Secton 4 "S '-M l Ö : " f GUANCE The types and the sources of gudance whch mpacted on the conduct of JRCO operatons and actvtes fall nto four general categores: (a) refugee sponsorshp and resettlement gudelnes establshed by the epartment of State and the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF); (b) polcy affectng refugees and sponsors whch devolved from Federal agences whose normal purvews came nto play; (c) specfc matters nvolvng the epartment of efense and the Mltary epartments n exerczng ther prerogatves over servce members who were sponsors; and (d) nstructons ssued to the Army, Marne Corps, and Ar Force Elements by the respectve Servce staffs governng the range and scope of the resettlement actvtes n whch they could engage and the operatng procedures to be adopted n executng ther partcular mssons wthn JRCO. Bascally, the corporate mport of the bulk of the gudance JRCO receved was ntended to provde nformaton on all aspects of refugee locaton, sponsorshp, and resettlement. epartment of State and ATF crtera on the evacuaton of refugees nto the Unted States and the requrements for becomng a sponsor served as the fundamental ponts of departure for all JRCO actvtes. The thrust and general content of the abovementoned polcy and gudance can be found n the treatment of JRCO actvtes (Secton 6) and n the background nformaton that supplements ths report [see ATF ocumentaton, Annex ]. The drectves and nterpretatons made by U.S. Government departments and agences regardng exstng Federal laws and statutes applcable to ndochnese refugees and ther sponsors formed a corpus of resettlement gudelnes and nformaton whch enabled JRCO to offer assstance n many areas. Furthermore, ths category of appled refugee nformaton provded the bases for subsequent clarfcaton and amplfcaton of provsons and enttlements admnstered by the epartments of Health, Educaton, and Welfare, Justce, and Labor, and the mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce, and nternal Revenue Servce, among other Federal organzatons. The polcy and gudance of the epartment of efense and the Mltary epartments as they affected the mltary sponsor 14

23 ..! WPWW. - 'crw^^/-nv ww* 9 T *&W^^^ wpw^w^^^^11 '"'^ by vrtue of the status mposed by beng a servce member. Ths ncluded, but was not restrcted to, ssues pertanng to the followng questons: status of dependent and non-dependent mltarly sponsored refugees n CONUS and overseas commands; accompanment by mltarly sponsored refugees of servce members outsde of CONUS when command sponsorshp, status of forces agreements, and other factors were n effect; clarfcaton of the relevant regulatons affectng group sponsorshp by U.S. mltary unts or other organzatons; and the elgblty of mltarly sponsored refugees for medcal treatment at mltary facltes, the quarterng on-post of refugees wth ther sponsors, use of exchange and commssary by sponsored refugees lvng wth servce members, and other prvleges of sponsors and the refugees, dependent and non-dependent, whom they sponsored. An addtonal area whch was of partcular nterest to the mltary communty and that was addressed n both epartment of efense and Servce gudance concerned the crtera for enlstment of ndochnese evacuees n the U.S. Armed Forces and ther elgblty for Federal employment by the epartment of efense and other U.S. Government agences. For polcy and nformaton on these ssues see Annexes B and C of ths report, especally regardng recrutment, n addton to Secton 6 whch deals n part wth the gudance that JRCO dssemnated n respondng to nqures on the abovementoned subjects. 4. l The nstructons ssued to Chef, Army Element, JRCO nstructon [see Annex A], ncdental polcy gudeln JRCO actvtes whch are of JRCO receved specfc ng procedures, e.g., sol tance on employment, etc., varous Servce elements a deprecatng the basc ms to accomplsh. the Coordnator, JRCO, and the, are contaned n the Letter of Addtonal verbal gudance and es are reflected n the tenor of dscussed below. Each element nstructons relatng to operat- ctng sponsors, offerng assswhch gave the operaton of the dfferent character whle not son whch JRCO was consttuted *-M 15

24 -. ---"^s»pr^,*, ''«'^'WWp^ Secton 5 ORGANZATON s «,v The Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) was comprsed of three Servce elements wth Army, Marne Corps, and Ar Force representaton and drect lason wth the Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO). The Army acted as host Servce provdng offce facltes as well as admnstratve support whenever requred ncludng the ntal establshment and mantenance of the on-lne computer termnals located n JRCO whch afforded access to the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) data base refugee fles. The Coordnator, JRCO, had the responsblty of ntegratng the actvtes of the Servces partcpatng n JRCO efforts n order to nsure both ther effcency and ther effectveness. The Coordnator dd not have operatonal control over the personnel assgned to JRCO, except n the case of the Army staff by vrtue of the fact that the Coordnator was concommtantly Chef of the Army Element, 'and was not authorzed to regulate the operatng procedures used by each element. The Servce elements of JRCO were under the operatonal control of staff agences of ther respectve Mltary epartments as ndcated below and were manned and functoned durng the perods mentoned as follows: Army Element, JRCO, operated under the control of the rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget, Offce of the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, epartment of the Army. The Army Element was accorded the status of a dvson wthn that rectorate and the Chef, Army Element, the poston of a dvson chef. The Element was staffed at the peak of ts actvty by seven offcers and two enlsted members of the Army Reserve wth an addtonal Regular Army admnstratve specalst attached on temporary duty [see Annex H, Personnel]. The Army Element of JRCO operated contnuously from 4 June 1975 to 31 January Marne Corps Element, JRCO, reported to the Polcy Unt of the Manpower Plans, Programs and Budgetng Branch, Manpower Plans and Polcy vson, eputy 16.!

25 fgernxn. ->'»!B-^^'y,^mJTTj8' :fg?tl'?^'t^ww u <*:.{ ; ; Chef of Staff for Manpower, Headquaters, U.S. Marne Corps. The Marne Corps Element was manned by two offcers and two noncommssoned offcers of the U.S. Marne Corps Reserve at the heght of ts operatng strength. Ths Element functoned from 9 June 197S to 3 January Ar Force Element, JRCO, was responsble to the Personnel Readness Center, Assstant for Jont Actvtes, rectorate of Personnel Plans, eputy Chef of Staff, Personnel, Headquaters, epartment of the Ar Force. Operatonal durng the perod of 6 June 1975 to 31 October 1975, the Ar Force Element was staffed by a mxmum of sx offcers and one noncommssoned offcer drawn from the U.S. Ar Force Reserve and the Ar Natonal Guard. The Navy ndochna Clearng Offce (NCO) was actvated on 29 May 1975 and ceased ndependent operaton on 3 October Establshed under the supervson of the nternatonal Polcy and Overseas evelopment Assstance Branch, Poltco Mltary Polcy vson, eputy Chef of Naval Operatons (Plans, Polcy and Operatons), Headquarters, epartment of the Navy. Two Naval Reserve offcers and one enlsted admnstratve assstant wth cvlan clercal support operated NCO and mantaned contnuous lason wth JRCO for purposes of utlzng the computer termnals and other facltes. n terms of support, every effort was made to operate wthn the mnmum essental requrements necessary to accomplsh the msson of JRCO. ue to the nature of the operaton whch called for development of procedures and capabltes to promptly meet the needs of the resettlement effort, a number of unforeseen support requrements arose whch were satsfactorly handled. Ths was accomplshed, together wth provdng normal staff support for the Army Element as well as leavng no requrement of the Marne Corps and Ar Force Elements unfulflled, by the rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget. Addtonally, a sute of offces wth separate facltes for the Coordnator, the Army, Marne Corps and Ar Force Elements was provded wthn the area occuped by the rectorate of Mltary Support (OMS) n the Pentagon. Twelve telephone lnes were made avalable to respond to the numerous nqures receved by JRCO from the mltary communty wth separate lnes for each Servce and the computer facltes plus a telephone answerng devce (Code-a-phone 7) for the jont use of the elements of the offce for recordng nqury calls outsde of normal duty hours. Adequate message dspatchng and dstrbuton. 17 :.....-»

26 1 : ^^^r^^^^^^^^^n^^-^fff^^? rw K^73'js^F^srm'^T*Sr! 5?S!^Wt^l' l^* typng, photocopyng, and other forms of admnstratve support were readly avalable. n order to avod any duplcaton of effort and expedte tme senstve cases nvolvng refugee locaton and sponsorshp, members of all elements of JRCO cooperated formally and nformally by poolng ther.resources n a team approach toward the management and executon of locator actons, for example, conductng searches of the computer fles, makng telephone nqures at the resettlement centers, and preparng locaton and famly reunfcaton messages. -s - 4* 18 1

27 ; 1 Secton 6 ACTVTES The range of actvtes whch JRCO engaged n throughout the executon of ts msson was derved from the stated objectves contaned n the Letter of nstructon, from addtonal requrements generated by staff actons, and from a number of other tasks whch arose durng the course of operatons. The basc objectves that JRCO was establshed to accomplsh conssted of assstng servce members and defense communty cvlans n the locaton of ndochnese evacuees for the purpose of sponsorshp, n the facltaton of offers to sponsor specfcally named refugees as well as of general offers of sponsorshp, and n the dssemnaton of nformaton on sponsorshp requrements, resettlement programs and other refugee related affars. Addtonally, JRCO was charged wth mantanng lason wth varous Federal agences and other organzatons nvolved n the refugee resettlement effort n order to acheve the abovementoned objectves. The assstance whch JRCO provded was ntended to reach all members of the mltary communty: actve duty. Reserve, and Natonal Guard personnel, retred and pror servce members, and cvlan employees of the efense and Mltary epartments as well as others afflated wth the Servces. The nature of the queres and requrements whch JRCO receved took the form of telephone nqures, correspondence, vsts by ndvduals seekng assstance or nformaton on locaton and sponsorshp matters, and a varety of offcal staff and nteragency taskngs. Ths latter group of requrements ncluded cases nvolvng servce members transferred from the nteragency Task Force (ATF), requests for background nformaton on refugee affars from agences of the epartment of efense and Army Staff, and many other actons that nvolved evacuee locaton for offcal purposes (e.g., OCLL, OCMH, ACS, OTJAG, A, etc.) whch were routnely referred to JRCO throughout the duraton of ts establshment. The Army Element, JRCO, processed and handled over one thousand locaton and/or sponsorshp cases - roughly nne specfc locaton or sponsorshp requests for every general 19 >.

28 ^^»r'^-wws»^^^!^^!^ -'. ; offer of sponsorshp - whch dealt wth more than 3,5 potental refugees, refugee heads of household or famlygroups beng sought from a total of more than 14, n the US and the thousands nore stranded n thrd countres. [For a detaled account of the cases handled by the Army Element, JRCO, see Annex G, Statstcs.] n support of sponsorshp and locaton requests numerous nqures for nformaton were receved before, durng, and after the sponsored refugees had been resettled. These multple nqures from many ndvduals often requred orgnal and tme consumng research on varous aspects of the refugee resettlement processes. Other nqures, unrelated to specfc sponsorshp or locaton cases were receved on a routne bass as were actons referred to JRCO from the Secretary of efense, Secretary of the Army, Chef of Staff, and other departmental offces and staff agences. The followng descrbes the dversty and complexty of the varous actvtes undertaken by JRCO n the areas of (a) locaton, (b) sponsorshp, CO nformaton and (d) staff actons n an effort to present a profle of the nature and volume of JRCO functons n relatonshp to the process of refugee resettlement. A. Locaton Efforts to dentfy and locate Vetnamese, Cambodans, and Laotans sought by members of the mltary communty were drectly affected by a number of factors that nvolved hstorcal happenstance, the adequacy of avalable nformaton, and problems of lngustc subtletes, among other thngs. The followng consderatons acted as constrants on the abltes to expedte and to verfy many locaton requests. Havng receved a telephone or wrtten locaton nqury from an ndvdual seekng to fnd a relatve, frend or former mltary counterpart n order to offer sponsorshp or some other form of assstance - and n many nstances smply to learn f those sought were successful n beng evacuated or escapng from ndochna -*a number of steps were taken by JRCO [see Annex E, Operatng Procedures, for examples of the format used n processng nqures]. Searches of the computerzed data base mantaned by the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (latf) were the central actvtes n processng locator requests. Alternately, when the records of the computer fles yelded no results or when the system tself was noperatve, locator messages were dspatched by JRCO or lsts of refugee names n the form of computer prnt-outs were consulted. All of the factors lsted below greatly nfluenced the effectveness of loca

29 ^ '""mw. n,,,..,. ' '' ' rr ' '~'* m nmnbaarrwnmnr~''''' f, ''', '", '~~'"'~ - - -! tor requests whether they were ntated for sponsorshp, W evacuaton verfcaton, or n ad of staff actons nvolvng potental refugees. The key elements n locaton m processng nqures were: -- The accuracy and amount of bographcal data provded r by the person who made the locaton request had to be suffcent enough (.e., proper spellng of complete t name, date of brth or approxmate age, occupaton, famly sze or composton) n order to thoroughly search the records. f.. 1 ', -- The ultmate evacuaton of ndvduals sought must have been nto US hands or else reported to US offcals n countres where they may have been nterned or stranded (e.g., Thaland) for any record to exst on them or any nvestgaton to be undertaken n thrd countres by U.S. embasses or consular posts. -- The relablty and completeness of the data base at any gven tme had to exclusvely reled upon snce t was the only source of evacuee nformaton avalable. Consequently, repeated perodc searches of the data base were requred when no ntal locaton was verfed. Locator messages Lsee Annex E for examples] rarely yelded postve results and computer prnt-outs were less complete and always more dated than the data base nformaton tself. -- The fact that some refugees sought had chosen not to dentfy themselves or ther names had not been retaned n the data base for purposes of securty, personal prvacy or other reasons that caused ther names to be purged from the fles made t dffcult to dentfy many former senor refugees or those assocated wth them. Also, a few thousand evacuees passed through the refugee ppelne and were released before the data system became operatonal thereby allowng ther locaton and status to go unrecorded. -- The concluson that ndvduals beng sought had not been evacuated or escaped from ndochna could not be reached n any case, especally those nvolvng relatves and dependents, smply because ther names dd not appear n the computerzed records unless collateral nformaton became avalable that the ndvduals concerned were not evacuated or dd not escape whch occured n some cases. Consequently, multple searches for ther names had to be perodcally and systematcally made untl JRCO ceased operaton. 21. '. «. ".!

30 "OTmrrjTw-^rmmjrw^^ The problems encountered n establshng contact wth ndvduals who were evacuated to thrd countres (e.g., Hong Kong) or those who were resettled overseas (e.g., France), whether or not ther escape or departure from ndochna had been prevously verfed, made locaton or sponsorshp cases of ths sort partcularly complex and tme consumng to execute. Ths state of affars was further compounded by the complcatons that arose when the nqurer-cum-potental sponsor was located abroad (such as those servce members statoned n Germany or Japan). No organzed, offcal effort was made by the U.S. Covernment to nsttute an nternatonal refugee locator servce and, consequently, only those evacuees who made ther presence known to U.S. dplomatc or consular posts n thrd countres could be eventually dentfed and contacted n cases of ths varety. The computerzed data on evacuees from Vetnam and Camboda was contaned on four dsk fles and encompassed nformaton related to the ndvdual refugee, the U.S. Government agency handlng the case, and the ndvdual or group sponsors (both verfed and potental) who stated a desre to sponsor one or more refugees. The three general categores and fles of nformaton avalable to JRCO as a user of ths system were the followng: (1) nformaton on the ndvdual refugee -- (a) An ntal record created on Guam (Guam Fle), (b) Extended nformaton created at one of the four resettlement centers n the Unted States (Evacuee Fle); (2) mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce (NS) securty check nformaton (NS Fle); and (3) Sponsorshp nformaton -- ndvdual, corporate, organzatonal and other offers (Sponsor Fle). The four fles eventually had total record counts by the last day of on-lne access (14 January 1976) as shown below: Guam Fle ("Guam Refugee Records") 126,294 Evacuee Fle ("Evacuees from ndo-chna") 124,492 NS Fle ("NS") 67,34 Sponsor Fle ("Sponsor dentfcaton") 14,52 The four fles n one central data base were located n the 22

31 ' "'" :. ' '.-,.- - ' :,-WJ,^^^'W.W.!W«,,,,yÄr,-,-.- ' <n»w»«?!wl^!t!bw!!^^ l Computer Buldng, Georga Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland. Prevously the data base had been located at an BM faclty n Bethesda, Maryland, where an orentaton course was offered n August, 1975, n order to famlarze users of the system wth ts operaton. Four admnstratve assstants and offcers assgned to JRCO attended a brefng on ths subject whle another offcer from the Army Element of JRCO underwent an ntensve one week orentaton course on the computer processng system and the refugee data base fles. The nformaton contaned n the system was avalable to JRCO va vdeo screen dsplays on BM 3277 Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs), two of whch were nstalled n JRCO; the one became operatonal n md-june and the other was added n August due to the volume of actvty. These termnals were part of a network of over forty termnals that relayed nformaton to and from the refugee resettlement centers and the varous U.S. Government agences nvolved, n addton to the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF). JRCO lke other users of ths system also was equpped wth an BM 3286 hardcopy prnter on whch paper copes of any vdeo screen dsplay could be obtaned for reference. A more detaled account of the ATF mantaned data processng system s to be found n Annex F of ths report. -1 'S 1 ^,1 1. Grantng that some of the nformaton contaned n the data. base was ncomplete or naccurate - and mndful that the source of most of the crtcal bographcal nformaton requred for locaton and sponsorshp actons was self-report responses offered by the evacuees - approxmately 13,5 refugees out of 12, ntervewed ndcated that they had some form of pror mltary or para-mltary servce. Ths, n terms of ther natonaltes, represented 12,8 former members of the Armed Forces of the Republc of Vet-Nam (RVNAF) and 7 former members of the Armed Forces of the Khmer Republc (FANK) who were reported n the evacuee populaton. Lack of specfc data on most mltary refugees made the dffculty of locatng former counterparts or alles of members of the U.S. Armed Forces oftentmes a complcated process. Many U.S. servce members ndependently located ther Vetnamese and Cambodan frends, havng begun ther search for them mmedately after the fall of Phnom Penh and Sagon. Very frequently, early verfcatons of the successful evacuaton of ndvduals only provded temporary nformaton on locaton whch was later updated through JRCO nqures. Ths means of assstng potental sponsors, by trackng refugees n the ppelne or determnng ther eventual locaton n cases where they were sponsored and resettled already, was an extremely tme consumng job. 23»

32 Bf»TCT-T^T^^mt^^wrJ^^py;.^»3R»n)<WP^!B?^fTWWW«^w»TO!TW^^ 'Wffl^mmS \ An ntal backlog n the processng of locaton nqures developed due to the ncompleteness of the data records, computer down-tme durng the frst few weeks, and the length of tme requred to conduct a name check (averagng twenty mnutes per name). n fact the data base records contnued to be updated and revsed through md-january of 1976; that stuaton, coupled wth perodc requrements to search for the names of unlocated ndvduals aganst the evacuee fle (partcularly dependents and relatves of U.S. servce members), absorbed a consstently substantal part of the total JRCO effort throughout ts establshment. Ths was true regardless of levels of newly generated locaton or sponsorshp cases, frequently cted as barometers of JRCO actvty on a daly or weekly bass for reportng purposes. Cases relatng to the locaton and sponsorshp of refugees were logged and cross ndexed by the names of the persons makng the nqures and the names of the potental evacuees. The Julan date and precendence n whch the nqures were receved formed compound case numbers for standard use by the JRCO staff and callers when makng subsequent nqures on the status of partcular cases (for example, the case number represented the seventh nqury receved on 6 August 1975 fend all fles, messages, correspondence, etc., relatng to that case would bear ths unque number). References contaned heren to "refugees sought" pertan to specfcally named Vetnamese, Cambodan or Laotan natonals (ncludng ethnc Chnese, montagnards and other mnortes) who were nqured about by servce members desrng to locate and/or sponsor them f they had been evacuated or escaped from ndochna. Therefore, for the sake of ths dscusson, these Vetnamese, Khmers and Laotans are to be regarded only as potental evacuees or refugees snce ther dentfcaton and status were often resstant to conclusve verfcaton. Hence there was no precse means of ascertanng exactly how many persons beng sought were actually located or sponsored through the auspces of JRCO based on avalable nformaton n the ATF data fles. Ths was the case for a number of reasons, as dscussed above, and n ths regard no "head count" or quanttatve renderng of JRCO actvtes should be proffered to demonstrate effectveness n such matters. Here, as well as n the other dverse areas where JRCO provded assstance n the resettlement process to members of the mltary communty, the prncpal role of JRCO as a condut for nformaton must be borne n mnd when attempts are made to measure or evaluate ts achevements. Steps were conscously and delberately taken to avod or mnmze any appeal to a "numbers game" by pontng to the relatve success of one Servce element of JRCO or one partcular.

33 ' "'n l 1 [ sector of the mltary communty, e.g., geographcally by nstallaton, as opposed to another. Refugee locaton and sponsorshp cases were logged as entres n the fles and tabulated on the bass of the number of nqures receved and the number of refugees sought as they were reported. n many nstances, however, the actual number of refugees beng counted and reflected n the statstcs, granted that the ndvduals sought were evacuated or not, must be carefully qualfed. No attempt could be made to project the sze of famles or famly groups when only the head of household or father and mother of a famly were sought. Nevertheless, t should be noted n examnng the number of cases and refugees wth whch JRCO dealt n the course of locaton/sponsorshp actvtes [Annex G] that the real number of potental evacuees beng referred to was substantally hgher than those mentoned. n early June 1975, an ATF survey showed that one n fve (2%) of the almost 1, refugees ntervewed reported themselves as heads of household. nqures, therefore, n whch only sngle refugees were sought, e.g., former mltary counterparts or translators, oftentmes resulted n locaton or sponsorshp cases emcompassng large or extended famles. Cases that nvolved dependents and relatves of U.S. servce members or cvlans afflated wth the mltary communty were gven a hgh prorty n locaton and sponsorshp processng. The verfcaton of the dependency status or the degree of relatonshp clamed by the servce member makng the nqury was beyond the msson and the capabltes of JRCO; therefore, the number of cases nvolvng dependents or relatves s based solely on reports made by ndvdual nqurers. An ATF survey of 15 June 1975 ndcated that 15,134 out of 99,58 refugees revealed they had ether U.S. ctzen or permanent resdent alen relatves to serve as ther sponsors. Many servce members had dependents and relatves among the refugee populaton who were sponsored and processed pror to the actvaton of JRCO and a number of members of the mltary communty located refugees who were frends or famly members through ther own resources as ndcated prevously. n cases where mssng dependents and relatves of U.S. servce members were nvolved who were not located, JRCO offered wrtten gudance and nformaton [see Annex A] and provded to those nterested some addtonal ponts of contact. Whle cauton as to the effectveness and proprety of the channel was gven, data was also provded on the functon of the Unted Natons Hgh Commssoner for Refugees (UNHCR) n both matters pertanng to the repatraton of ndochnese evacuees and those nstances concernng 25.

34 ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Vetnamese, Cambodans, or Laotans who were not evacuated or successful n escapng from ther natve countres and may be desrous of leavng n the future wth the assstance of U.S. relatves or frends. Such nformaton was presented n a postve manner but wthout offerng encouragement that could be perceved as a guarantee of some mmedate or drect result that would allow persons to mgrate from ndochna under UNHCR auspces. Ths advce was coordnated wth the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) and, also, Offce of Refugee and Mgraton Affars, epartment of State. Followng the suspenson of locator servce va computer termnals, further refugee nqures were referred by JRCO to the Amercan Natonal Red Cross. Under a contract wth the epartment of Health, Educaton, and Welfare, local chapters of the Red Cross offered assstance n locatng refugees resettled n the Unted Stat/es and abroad whle also attemptng to locate evacuees n thrd countres and, f possble, establsh contact through the mnstratons of the nternatonal Red Cross wth those ndvduals who had not fled and remaned n ndochna. Ths Red Cross actvty ntally was planned to operate for sx months, January to June 1976, offerng the only formal, sem-offcal means of locaton. M B. Sponsorshp Offers to sponsor fell nto one of two categores, ether general or specfc, and entaled a number of actvtes n order to be successfully accomplshed. General offers were those n whch potental sponsors ndcated no partcular preference n regard to the dentty of the refugee(s) or refugee famly to be sponsored, although the offer may have been qualfed by ndcatng occupaton, famly sze and/ or composton, or other characterstcs desred n the refugees. On the other hand, specfc sponsorshp offers dentfed named refugees known to the prospectve sponsors whch nvolved frst locatng or verfyng the locaton of the ndvdual refugees sought for sponsorshp, f they had been evacuated, and determnng ther status (e.g., already sponsored, resettled n thrd countres, etc.). Both types of sponsorshp offer had n common the requrement to dssemnate a wde range of nformaton to the sponsor, often over the course of a number of weeks or months, n order to provde practcal assstance and gudance pror to the refugees' release as well as durng the resettlement phase after the sponsorshp had taken place. Usually the potental sponsors had to be apprsed of a number of matters 26..-,.',-..-.^...,-.,.

35 " ^ " Q ncludng the followng: actons that the potental sponsor had to ntate n order to make the offer formal; the requrements and the nature of the sponsorshp offer; steps that would be taken to process the partcular case (nclud-» ng follow-up actons); detals of the polcy gudance and regulatons that affected mltary sponsors by vrtue of ther status as servce members; and the varous programs, t benefts, enttlements, etc., avalable to assst n the resettlement of refugees. An account of the range and the j- varety of the latter type of nformaton wll be found n the next part of ths secton [C. nformaton].. L n the case of both general and specfc sponsorshp offers, messages had to be prepared and dspatched to the approprate refugee resettlement authortes, at one of the four refugee centers n the U.S. or one of the refugee recepton/ stagng areas n the Pacfc, whch ncluded detals on the potental sponsors and the refugees whch they sought to sponsor. n all JRCO released almost 35 sponsorshp or referral messages to the resettlement centers at Camp Pendleton, Egln Ar Force Base, and Forts Chaffee and ndantown Gap and to U.S. Msson offcals n Thaland, Hong Kong, and other Southeast and East Asan countres. These messages were released based on pror coordnaton wth the nteagency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) and Voluntary Agency (VOLAG) representatves as the result of an agreement reached on 13 June 1975 between those agences and JRCO. Examples of sponsorshp referral messages, as well as locator messages (approxmately 175 were transmtted), are to be round n Annex E of ths report. Many (specfc) offers to sponsor began merely as locaton requests whle others started as nformaton nqures on sponsorshp requrements and resulted n general sponsorshp offers; ndvduals nterested n sponsorng (both specfc and general) often orgnated ther offers followng nformaton requests on, e.g., fnancal oblgatons of sponsors - questons that had to be resolved by each and every separate sponsor based on the refugee famly sze, marketablty of the refugees' occupatonal sklls, regon of the country where the refugees were to be resettled, etc. - or the legal and the moral ramfcatons of the sponsorshp commtment. Even when potental sponsors ndcated that they possessed the necessary means to absorb the expenses posed by sponsorshp, the advsablty of group or organzatonal sponsorshp - or, at least, group or commttee partcpaton n assstng sngle sponsors - was presented. n most cases, group sponsorshp proved to be a more manageable and practcal method of addressng the many materal and ntangble requrements encountered n sponsorshp than endeavors made 27 ' * ' ,. :. ',..,..:...:., '

36 W.W!Wä-- W^1 '-- ' - ' ' >,/.-»p"/j J-'M»..T.^r^ww^TOT^y^u^wn> '. ' ',.... '. l by ndvduals actng alone. Group sponsorshps occured occasonally, and were encouraged by JRCO, when a number of former U.S. mltary counterparts or frends - often unknown to one another - mutually agreed to voluntarly assst by poolng ther resources (e.g., housng, subsstence, etc.) n order to sponsor and resettle a Vetnamese, Cambodan or Laotan refugee or refugee famly group. Sometmes, n such "ad hoc" group sponsorshp efforts, members of the refugee famly would be housed, educated, or found employment seperately or n unts whle lvng wth dfferent members of the sponsorng group at varous locatons untl such tme as the refugee famly became self-suffcent and could be reunted. n the nstances of large or extended evacuee famles ths sort of arrangement proved most workable; the refugee head of household often served as the catalyst by contactng hs former Amercan mltary counterparts and frends upon arrvng n the Unted States. Correspondngly, JRCO frequently receved multple requests for nformaton on the locaton of partcular refugees and refugee famles. Once the refugees were dentfed n the evacuaton ppelne or the resettlement centers those nterested partes who had made nqures about ther locaton were notfed and, also, nformed of the mutual concern of the other servce members n order to foster potental group sponsorshps. Because of the constrants placed on the role of the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) under the ndochna Mgraton and Refugee Assstance Act of 1975, ATF was enpowered only to assst n the resettlement of evacuees from Vetnam and Camboda. Consequently, locaton and sponsorshp nqures on refugees from Laos, notwthstandng ther ethnc orgn (e-g.» Laotan, Vetnamese, etc.), could not be forwarded to ATF for acton. However, JRCO dd respond - once the Attorney General allowed Laotan evacuees to enter the U.S. under normal parole authorty - and worked drectly n conjuncton wth the Offce of Refugee and Mgraton Affars (ORM), epartment of State, to help n the resettlement of a number of Laotans on behalf of the mltary. n nstances when offers of sponsorshp were no longer beng entertaned by ATF, as the resettlement centers were phased out and the remanng refugees were already accounted for by watng sponsors once they could be processed and released, JRCO referred nterested potental sponsors to the epartment of State, havng apprsed the nqurers of the need that exsted to assst the many Laotan refugees who were located n thrd countres, for the most part Thaland, and who could not enter the Unted States unless ther sponsorshp had been arranged n advance. Smlarly, other ndochnese refugees stranded throughout Southeast and East Asa were afforded sponsorshp opportuntes above and beyond the ATF program. 28 :.

37 , M.' nvr..;- Mn ' ; -TVTa"rr- BnBHnm 1. C. nformaton The nformaton whch JRCO provded to the mltary communty, n response to the thousands of requests receved durng ts eght months of operaton, n the man corresponded to both the nature and ntensty of the refugee resettlement effort as t progressed. ntally, specfc locaton nqures and sponsorshp offers were accepted as numerous general questons on the moral and legal mplcatons of sponsorshp, the bascs of Federal assstance and benefts avalable to refugees, etc., were beng rased by servce members. Later, the emphass shfted to other types of nformaton whch were relevant to the stuaton facng sponsors as the refugees physcally arrved n ther homes or were preparng to be relocated. Questons relatng to rembursement for travel, ncome tax consderaton for provdng the costly essentals of establshng refugees n ther own households, etc., became paramount. For mltary sponsors matters relatng to ther status as servce members also surfaced, e.g., quarterng refugees n nstallaton housng, refugee use of post exchange an* other facltes, plus many other ssues that mpacted on Servce polcy and gudance. As the post-resettlement phase of the voluntary sponsorshp program unfolded n the months whch followed the actual placement of the ndochnese evacuees, many crtcal and ntrcate questons arose that requred expert and expedous handlng by JRCO. These latter questons, whle often far fewer n number than those receved durng the average duty day n the earler months of operaton, usually demanded detaled research and coordnaton by JRCO wth ATF and the other Federal agences engaged n refugee resettlement. Wth the termnaton of the actvtes of JRCO at the end of January 1976, the need to provde basc nformaton for the referral of mltary sponsors and other servce members who had on-gong concerns and queres about Vetnamese, Khmer and Laotan relatves and frends to the approprate US Government agences also was dentfed. n sum, therefore, a comprehensve range of nformaton on the locaton and sponsorshp of refugees was suppled by JRCO. Examples of a number of the subjects and ssues whch were addressed by JRCO are lsted below as llustratons of the scope of nformaton requested by and dssemnated to the mltary communty n support of refugee resettlement. Questons related to mltary sponsors affectng ther status as servce members ncluded refugee elgblty for the followng: (1) exchange, commssary and theater prvleges; (2) health care and medcal faclty use; nstallaton housng and other on post quarters; (3) determnaton of dependency status of related refugees; 29

38 " T (4) reassgnment and relocaton of sponsors who were t accompaned by dependent and non-dependent refugees; and (5) US Armed Forces recrutment and Cvl Servce Commsson employment crtera for Vetnamese, Khmer, and Laotan evacuees. B S \ l [ nqures regardng the academc records and certfcates of refugees who had been traned at US servce schools or mltary nstallatons. Questons on the present assgnment of US mltary personnel known to evacuees whch requred contactng Servce locators and obtanng permsson from those concerned to release ther names and addresses to the VOLAG, ATF offcal, etc. makng the requests. - Many general questons were rased regardng Federal programs and decsons that affected sponsors and the refugees as follow: nternal Revenue Servce (NS) gudelnes about ncome tax deductons permtted for sponsors and tax oblgatons of refugees; epartment of Labor (OL) determnaton that ndochnese refugees were elgble to meet the defnton of a mnorty for fulfllment of affrmatve acton employment pl.ans; epartment of Health, Educaton, and Welfare decsons on Medcad servces through state facltes, emergency school grants for dstrcts wth refugee chldren, post secondary educaton fnancal assstance (grants and loans programs) open to evacuees, supplementary securty ncome clams, and health care and adjustment of evacuee chldren; epartment of Agrculture, Farmers Home Loan '*' Assocaton's rural credt programs whch are avalable to refugees; and the Small Busness Admnstraton (SBA) : efforts to promote the commercal potental of the refugee populaton to menton only a few of the more mportant actons whch attracted nterest. Requests for prnted nformaton on many of the above mentoned programs and, also, materals to assst sponsors n understandng the cultural background of the refugees plus language nstructon ads for the refugees themselves were always n demand. To meet these needs JRCO assembled a supply of reference data and materals that could be dstrbuted to those who were nterested or abstracted from other sources and reproduced n order to be forwarded to nqurers. Through a combnaton of ffteen ATF publcatons, refugee orented newsletters, and the materals produced by the Amercan Natonal Red Cross and other servce groups talored packets of data could be put together to sut the nqurers' questons. 3

39 ..' -. (1 : Language ads such as Vetnamese-Englsh dctonares were not always readly avalable upon request from the sources contracted by ATF. However, when feasble, JRCO sought to obtan sutable basc language booklets or pamphlets for sponsors seekng help on behalf of refugees who were attemptng to mprove ther knowledge of Englsh. Much of the most constructve nformaton whch JRCO crculated to nqurers was gleaned from the contacts wth organzed groups of sponsors n varous parts of the country. These groups, whch n many cases ntally had sought assstance from JRCO n locatng or sponsorng evacuees, later shared ther experences and self-generated resources that n turn were passed on to other mltary and mltary related organzatons actve n the resettlement effort. Hence, the Amercan- ndochnese Assstance Center (Washngton, C), Frends of Refugees (Oklahoma Cty), Arlngton ocesan Resettlement Offce (Arlngton, VA), State of Washngton Vetnam Refugee Program (Eugene, OR), Washngton Area Refugee Assstance Commttee (Washngton, C), and Savannah Ad for Vetnamese (Savannah, GA), to name only a few groups, provded feedback n the form of refugee resettlement lessons learned, handbooks, gudes, etc., whch could be dssemnated to those more recent,sponsors who benefted from the experences of ther predecessors va JRCO. Questons related to specal problems or dffcultes encountered by sponsors were n some nstance; referred drectly to the Federal agency concerned or, n those cases wnch had specfc ramfcatons attrbutable to the sponsors' status as servce members, to the approprate Servce staff agency for acton. Thus, specfc nformaton on questons related to educatonal opportuntes, legal advce, help for the handcapped, chld care, professonal certfcaton, etc., n addton to mltary gudance on personnel matters, judge advocate affars, and other concerns could be handled as standard referrals through JRCO drectly. Many of the unforeseen and nvolved crcumstances confrontng both sponsors and refugees, therefore, could be both competently and expedtously addressed to experts and staff specalsts. n some nstances JRCO would be called upon by ths latter groupng of Federal and mltary agences for assstance n refugee related affars as descrbed n the concludng part of ths secton [. Staff Actons]. n respondng to numerous nqures from ndvduals n the mltary communty JRCO performed that msson so patently dentfed wth ts name - that of an nformaton clearng offce. To further reach mltary audences n an effort to 31. '-

40 v.. -,., 1 1 '!! 1 ^TWw;^ryTmTr,^T-»y^)V7ff'^V V" ' l l promote nterest n the voluntary sponsorshp program and to apprse those ndvduals and groups already engaged n refugee sponsorshp of current resettlement nformaton, JRCO prepared and coordnated meda releases and tems n conjuncton wth the Offce, Assstant Secretary of efense (Publc Affars), and the Offce, Chef of nformaton, A. Ths resulted n coverage of many aspects of the humantaran efforts of the Armed Forces n the evacuaton of ndochnese refugees as well as subsequent sponsorshp and resettlement actvtes undertaken by many servce members. Artcles about JRCO and avenues open to members of the mltary communty desrng to partcpate n the sponsorshp program appeared n a number of mltary publcatons such as Commanders gest. Solders, Armor, etc., and n servce related perodcals and journals, e.g., The Army Tmes, Retred Offcer and ROA magaznes. Other specal appeals were also coordnated n the attempt to foster the support of the mltary communty * resettlement as, for example, the program ntated by the Offce, Chef of Chaplans, to encourage sponsorshp by chapel congregatons.. Specal Actons Beyond ts prncpal msson of provdng refugee locaton, sponsorshp, and resettlement assstance and nformaton as descrbed above, JRCO also was tasked to accomplsh many addtonal refugee related actons n support of the Offce of the Secretary of efense, Offce of the Secretary of the Army, Army Staff, and other commands and mltary organzatons as well as varous cvlan agences of the Federal government engaged n the ndochnese refugee program. On behalf of the Chef of Staff, US Army, JRCO researched and prepared a number of responses to former general and flag rank offcers of the Armed Forces of the Republc of Vetnam and the Khmer Republc. These reples were drafted to answer personal requests from former Vetnamese and Cambodan senor offcers who sought nformaton and assstance on matters pertanng to Federal employment, recommendatons for cvlan postons, and ad n locatng former US mltary counterparts and frends. [An llustraton of such a response s found n Annex E of ths report.] Smlarly, drect reples were prepared by JRCO n response to many nqures from evacuees and US ctzens on refugee related matters. Large numbers of letters were forwarded to JRCO by the Offce of the Secretary of efense, the Mltary epartments and the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (the latter ether from US servce members or mltary refugees 32.. ;.. >,.-, - *

41 -... who had wrtten to the Presdent, Secretary of State, etc.). r Congressonal actons were also receved from US Senators and Representatves solctng epartment of the Army help on behalf of consttuents who were sponsorng refugees or n some way adng n ther resettlement. These actons dealt wth Army recrutment of refugee physcans, Vetnamese language tranng materals, cvlan employment of specfc evacuees, and other areas whch were perceved to be of nterest to and wthn the purvew of the epartment of the Army. ue to the fact that the refugee evacuaton and the resettlement effort were n many ways dentfed wth the US Armed Forces, numerous nqures were drected to the Mltary epartments by US Government agences, servce members, and the publc whch dd not properly fall wthn the prerogatves of the epartment of efense or the Servces. n all such cases the partes concerned were referred to approprate organzaton or agency that could address ther queston or problem when brought to the attenton of JRCO. JRCO coordnated actons n many areas ncludng the followng : «Refugee clams for compensaton for servces rendered the US Army n Vetnam. : Feasblty of refugee self-help work projects at the recepton centers located at US Army nstallatons. Status of legslaton provdng for the enlstment by the Servces of Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees. Support to the Offces of the Judge Advocate General, Chef of nformaton, The Surgeon General, Chef of Mltary Hstory, and the US Army Mltary Personnel Center as well as other Army Staff agences n the locaton of ndvdual evacuees and addtonal actons generated by refugee related affars. n addton to the abovementored types of actons, JRCO also asssted the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) n accomplshng a number of requrements among whch were cross checkng the names of the Vetnamese repatrates aganst the outstandng cases beng handled by JRCO and support of publc affars projects undertaken by ATF. Between md-june and late November of 1975 JRCO ssued twenty fve numbers of ts Weekly Wrap-Up whch hghlghted events, actvtes, and statstcal nformaton on refugee resettlement affars. The Weekly Wrap-Up was dstrbuted to the rector of 33..

42 ... J^mr-^rTT ntrr~;m. nr* ^ c M-WT^ ^ c BTr'^^'l :.'f'7l'- j -'^r^7?r^v^>yy?7t^ [. Ü the Army Staff, the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel, the rector of Plans, Programs and Budget, and the rectorate of Mltary Support plus other nterested agences and ndvduals. urng the ntal phase of ts operaton JRCO released a seres of stuaton reports as messages on a daly and then weekly bass to famlarze all levels of command wth the refugee resettlement program and developments relatng to mltary sponsorshp of the evacuees. All JRCO actvtes were perodcally summarzed n the form of nformaton Papers for use by the Army Staff n meetngs and for other requrements. Among the senor offcers who vsted or were brefed on the operaton of JRCO, n addton to those mentoned n the chronology of events [Secton 3], were the followng: LTG G. E. Schäfer MG K. E. ohleman MG W. Lyon MG H. Mohr MG A. St. John BG,M. C. Baley BG J. L. Collns BG L. B. Rhode BG C. J. West (USAF Surgeon General) (rector of Human Resources evelopment) (Chef, USAF Reserve) (Chef, US Army Reserve) (Vce rector, Jont Staff) (rector, WAC) (Chef of Mltary Hstory) (MO BES, USAR) (MOB ES, USAR) n Ü 34

43 Secton 7 LESSONS LEARNE ö The observatons whch make up the bases for these lessons learned are dvded nto three general categores: (a) control and management; (b) coordnaton and lason; and (c) concept of operaton. A. Control and Management The followng ponts deal wth the relatonshp whch JRCO enjoyed wth the Offce of the Secretary of efense (CS), the Jont Staff (JCS), and the Mltary epartments. 111! 1 j; ; -- Chan of Command: The absense of drect accountablty by JRCO to the Offce of the Secretary of efense or the Jont Staff and, correlatvely, the fact that JRCO was not desgnated as the executve or admnstratve agent for OS/JCS n refugee sponsorshp and resettlement matters dened JRCO, an actual "jont" entty wth the partcpaton of every Servce, the authorty needed to deal wth outsde departments and agences of the U.S. Government n the area of refugee affars. n more practcal terms, a bona fde "jont" status would have afforded JRCO the capabltes needed to release jont messages, staff actons, dspatch epartment of efense coordnated memoranda, etc., wthout the layerng and delays ncurred by utlzng epartmental or Servce channels n an unlateral fashon. That could have been accomplshed wthout upsettng the mplcaton of operatonal control of the members of each of the elements of JRCO and wthout the loss of the close support gven [by the Army as host Servce for ths actvty. -- Combned Operatons: Whle the operatonal control exercsed by each Servce over the personnel assgned to ts respectve JRCO element as well as the correspondng prerogatves represented by each element on behalf of ther Servce wthn the context of the actvtes undertaken by JRCO were most approprate for the stuaton, a more thoroughgong ntegraton on the workng or functonal level of operaton - as opposed to that of control - would have better served the basc msson and -, 35

44 . ^^wwr^.^ct-toww'rw'^^ mmm ^^»ftt.'wwj»l W'» ll CT.«T^NM.^ ppw^^b ll?w?«w''^w^^ l h r : (! objectves o JRCO. Combnng JRCO staff functons, such as admnstratve dutes, montorng messages, centrally mantanng fles, and other requrements, together wth addtonal feedback on refugee resettlement polcy., etc. that would have been a result of the the process, could have greatly enhanced the overall performance and responsveness of JRCO n many areas. Ths s partcularly relevant n lght of the dfferent lfe spans of the varous components of JRCO. A more ntegrated approach by the Servces to operatng procedures n the event could have facltated the transton whch occured as Ar Force and Navy partcpaton drew to a close and the remanng elements of JRCO responded to nqures from all members of the mltary communty regardless of ther branch of Servce. B. Coordnaton and Lason V J : r ; 1 : c The capablty of JRCO to relate wth the offcals of the nteragency Task Force for ndochna CATF) and authortes at the varous refugee facltes n the U.S. and overseas was crtcal to the completon of ts msson. The,ssues dscussed below had a pronounced effect on that state of affars as the resettlement program unfolded. -- O Representaton at ATF: JRCO requred contnung access to and nformaton from ATF on many matters that pertaned to refugee sponsorshp and resettlement. The arrangement that prevaled whereby O representatves to ATF, seconded at the behest of and responsve to OS prmarly on affars related to O admnstratve and logstcal support of Operaton NEW LFE and Operaton NEW ARRVALS facltes, were the delegated pont of contact for JRCO requests for nformaton and assstance from ATF resulted n undue complcatons. n many nstances ths relatonshp proved less than responsve to requrements that mpacted on the ablty of JRCO to accomplsh ts msson and perform assgned tasks that were conceved of and encouraged by OS. -- Resettlement Center Channels: n the case of the four refugee facltes n the U.S., and pror to ther deactvaton those on Guam and Wake slands, JRCO dd not have formally establshed, responsve ponts of contact to whom refugee locaton and sponsorshp cases could be confdently referred for approprate acton. Only after many weeks were contacts bult up at those centers, and then on an nformal bass subject to the 36

45 " CT??J.rgTrrT*^W»JW^^ ^yttjj^pwtl^bl^^ljllw. ^.]M hgh turnover of personnel and the wllngness of the ndvduals used as ponts of contact to respond to the nqures at any gven tme. Ths lack of any offcal channels wth the centers, n ways analogous to the stuaton that exsted n the relatonshp between JRCO and ATF, could have been rectfed by the postng of exchange personnel to those locatons or by desgnatng offcal OS lason personnel who would have been tasked to execute locaton/sponsorshp cases and other nqures drectly on behalf of JRCO. ( r [ C. Concept of Operaton There were a number of lessons that surfaced durng the course of the eght months JRCO was establ shed whch bear on the applcablty of the concept of operaton for the msson whch the offce was requred to execute and, followng from that, the methodology that wa s employed to nsttute and accomplsh the actvtes o f JRCO. A number of the observatons reflected n the followng dscuss on were common to the ndochnese refug ee resettlement effort as a whole whle others pertan to JRCO and ts actvtes exclusvely. The noton that mltary refugees formerly members of a partcular servce would be matched for sponsorshp wth U.S. mltary personnel of the smlar servce by an element of JRCO representng that servce (e.g., former members of the Vetnamese Ar Force [VNAF] beng sponsored by U.S. Ar Force servce members under the auspces of the Ar Force Element, JRCO) was a narrowly conceved and regmented vew of the actual requrement. n actualty, many of the evacuees sought and the sponsorshp actons handled were unrelated to any partcular servce, ether that of the refugees sought or the U.S. servce members, and the organzatonal algnment of JRCO need not have been orented and/or compartmentalzed by branches of the Armed Servces. The objectve of the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF) was to resettle, as quckly and effcently as possble, those evacuees who reached U.S. hands and not to address the ramfcatons of other dffcultes that arose from the nqures and needs of ndvduals who were seekng nformaton and assstance on those Vetnamese, Khmer, and Laotan natonals who were not among the refugees who could be located n the resettlement centers or dentfed n thrd countres. 37

46 'WTOTWWK^W'MW»»'.^^ : c Asde from questons on those matters that affected mltary sponsors by vrtue of ther status as servce members, JRCO was able to provde both specalzed assstance and contnuty n respondng to many of the ndvdual requests for locaton, sponsorshp, and nformaton whch ATF normally was not capable of renderng. Ths extra margn of assstance whch the resources of JRCO could muster for servce members seekng help n refugee affars also extended nto areas where ATF was not chartered to offer assstance. Rather than beng referred to a myrad of dfferent agences or actvtes of the Federal government n the pursut of solutons to partcular refugee problems, any members of the mltary communty contactng JRCO could depend upon coordnated reples. Ths was of mportance to those members of the mltary statoned overseas or who lacked the needed facltes to deal wth multple governmental bureaucraces because of the tme senstve nature of ther nqures. JRCO was able to offer assstance beyond the mandate of ATF by addressng refugee matters whch concerned the locaton and sponsorshp of evacuees from Laos. Whle named Laotans could be sought by members of the mltary communty who contacted the Offce of Refugee and Mgraton Affars, epartment of State, as prvate ctzens, JRCO drectly asssted n routnely coordnatng many Laotan sponsorshp offers on behalf of servce members. Overall, t was learned that JRCO added a dmenson of contnuty as well as a broader scope and a more personalzed approach than ATF n the effort to provde the ndvdual member of the mltary communty, ether servce member or cvlan, wth a competent and responsve reply to ndochnese refugee resettlement questons and problems. ; 38

47 '" TfrffjgjM Secton 8 RECOMMENATONS r :: : Based on the observatons contaned n the prevous secton (Lessons Learned) plus the cumulatve experence whch JRCO acqured durng the eght months of ts operaton, the followng recommendatons are offered. They are ntended to conform wth the frame of reference outlned n Secton 1 of ths report, that s, they treat refugee resettlement as opposed to mltary support of Operaton NEW ARRVALS as a whole and are restrcted to the efforts made to encourage and assst the mltary communty n refugee sponsorshp as opposed to the overall endeavors of other Federal agences. A sngle executve or admnstratve agent should be apponted or dentfed wthn the epartment of efense or under the Jont Staff to assume responsblty for the coordnaton of «11 refugee matters to nclude efforts by the Mltary Servces to support the voluntary sponsorshp actvtes. Pre-planned questonnares wth accompanyng nstructons should be developed n order to be avalable for adapton, translaton, testng and admnstraton by traned ntervewers to elct the necessary bographcal and background nformaton from refugees requrng sponsorshp or resettlement through referral and placement. A frequently updated roster of pre-selected volunteer Reservsts wth the requste specaltes to manage refugee matters ncludng resettlement actvtes, plus the approprate foregn area expertse, should be mantaned for mmedate reference when needed to support humantaran evacuaton/refugee operatons. Greater emphass should be gven to refugee affars n approprate areas of doctrne and tranng applcable to regular Army and Reserve components based on contemporary contngences whch the Mltary epartments could be called upon to support n the future exgences. 39..

48 Kwwmorw n!pw?vs^>wwp^wvy^^^ww^yffv' 1 ^.^.'gw^gw!^1 7 r Greater lattude and flexblty should be ncorporated nto the draft charter of any future refugee assstance or nformaton actvty whch seeks to coordnate the Servces when dvergent atttudes exst toward the extent to whch they ntend to drectly ntercede to ad evacuees or escapees. Categorcal constrants on assstng n some areas, e.g., employment, educaton, etc., pror to the fact could be a serous and arbtrary lmtaton on the performance of any such msson. Of partcular mportance s the fact that encouragng sponsorshp, wthout appealng to the coercon of command nfluence, can be acheved through drect appeals to ndvduals as well as groups and organzatons. Efforts to generate sponsorshps, furthermore, whch do not entertan requests by refugees to locate and contact former assocates and frends who may themselves be unaware of the evacuees plght, are severely curtaled n maxmzng the resettlement potentaltes of the stuaton. n nstances where mltary sponsorshp s encouraged, every effort should be made at the level of the epartment of efense or Mltary epartments to comple and dssemnate all applcable nformaton that pertans to the servce members as sponsors n regard to regulatons, polcy gudance, etc., whch affect them by vrtue of ther status as mltary personnel. A comprehensve and coherent statement on prvleges or benefts whch both dependent and non-dependent mltarly sponsored refugees are enttled to receve should be ssued that ncludes matters pertanng to dependency status, health care, change of staton travel, nstallaton housng, exchanges, commssares, theaters, and mmgraton status vs-a-vs mltary enlstments and Federal employment. Correlatvely, all approprate command and staff elements wth prerogatves to exercse n the aforementoned areas (e.g.. Judge Advocate General, personnel admnstraton, and Surgeon General) should be suffcently prmed to assst sponsors n these matters on an mmedate and contnung bass. n a few respects ths stll apples to the case at hand, that of the ndochnese refugees and ther sponsors who wll reman part of the mltary communty for sometme to come. Hence, any changes or developments that mght mpact on ssues lsted above should be promptly and thoroughly brought to the full attenton of all servce members concerned through the approprate channels. 4.. ' *.

49 l -^W,^«BTO,W'»J l VP',»WJ».W»^«)"W.'*W#! fs»w»'!, l!rj4 "WW!PS»W»P»B5B"WP w«w!' ',WäW!n««>,»f»«((UPW! ; ü u. l [ Greater lattude and flexblty should be ncorporated nto the draft charter of any future refugee assstance or nformaton actvty whch seeks to coordnate the Servces when dvergent atttudes exst toward the extent to whch they ntend to drectly ntercede to ad evacuees or escapees. Categcrcal constrants on assstng n some areas, e.g., employment, educaton, etc., pror to the fact could be a serous and arbtrary lmtaton on the performance of any such msson. Of partcular mportance s the fact that encouragng sponsorshp, wthout appealng to the coercon of command nfluence, can be acheved through drect appeals to ndvduals as well as groups and organzatons. Efforts to generate sponsorshps, furthermore, whch do not entertan requests by refugees to locate and contact former assocates and frends who may themselves be unaware of the evacuees plght, are severely curtaled n maxmzng the resettlement potentaltes of the stuaton. n nstances where mltary sponsorshp s encouraged, every effort should be made at the level of the epartment of efense or Mltary epartments to comple and dssemnate all applcable nformaton that pertans to the servce members as sponsors n regard to regulatons, polcy gudance, etc., whch affect them by vrtue of ther status as mltary personnel. A comprehensve and coherent statement on prvleges or benefts whch both dependent and non-dependent mltarly sponsored refugees are enttled to receve should be ssued that ncludes matters pertanng to dependency status, health care, change of staton travel, nstallaton housng, exchanges, commssares, theaters, and mmgraton status vs-a-vs mltary enlstments and Federal employment. Correlatvely, all approprate command and staff elements wth prerogatves to exercse n the aforementoned areas (e.g., Judge Advocate General, personnel admnstraton, and Surgeon General) should be suffcently prmed to assst sponsors n these matters on an mmedate and contnung bass. n a few respects ths stll apples to the case at hand, that of the ndochnese refugees and ther sponsors who wll reman part of the mltary communty for sometme to come. Hence, any changes or developments that mght mpact on ssues lsted above should be promptly and thoroughly brought to the full attenton of all servce members concerned through the approprate channels. 4

50 p,.»tpbmf,..!whh^^)j^ y,hjkjj,l.«jt!l"pww^'^!^^ ~~^"^. Ö ;:! ; Greater lattude and flexblty should be ncorporated nto the draft charter of any future refugee assstance or nformaton actvty whch seeks to coordnate the Servces when dvergent atttudes exst toward the extent to whch they ntend to drectly ntercede to ad evacuees or escapees. Categorcal constrants on assstng n some areas, e.g., employment, educaton, etc., pror to the fact could be a serous and arbtrary lmtaton on the performance of any such msson. Of partcular mportance s the fact that encouragng sponsorshp, wthout appealng to the coercon of command nfluence, can be acheved through drect appeals to ndvduals as well as groups and organzatons. Efforts to generate sponsorshps, furthermore, whch do not entertan requests by refugees to locate and contact former assocates and frends who may themselves be unaware of the evacuees plght, are severely curtaled n maxmzng the resettlement potentaltes of the stuaton. n nstances where mltary sponsorshp s encouraged, every effort should be made at the level of the epartment of efense or Mltary epartments to comple and dssemnate all applcable nformaton that pertans to the servce members as sponsors n regard to regulatons, polcy gudance, etc., whch affect them by vrtue of ther status as mltary personnel. A comprehensve and coherent statement on prvleges or benefts whch both dependent and non-dependent mltarly sponsored refugees are enttled to receve should be ssued that ncludes matters pertanng to dependency status, health care, change of staton travel, nstallaton housng, exchanges, commssares, theaters, and mmgraton status vs-a-vs mltary enlstments and Federal employment. Correlatvely, all approprate command and staff elements wth prerogatves to exercse n the aforementoned areas (e.g., Judge Advocate General, personnel admnstraton, and Surgeon General) should be suffcently prmed to assst sponsors n these matters on an mmedate and contnung bass. n a few respects ths stll apples to the case at hand, that of the ndochnese refugees and ther sponsors who wll reman part of the mltary communty for sometme to come. Hence, any changes or developments that mght mpact on ssues lsted above should be promptly and thoroughly brought to the full attenton of all servce members concerned through the approprate channels. [ 4,... ' H,

51 ^t...* :. '..., ' ^ ' M H 1 '. ANNEXES >.

52 '!'' " ''tw;;,.jj».h;'^.,..^pw»!t l.»^w»,aj))f ) A^W^W-MWMWM'HWW'' -w»^ 'FW^^^wvmmw** ANNEX A Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce: ocumentaton. fl CONTENTS c l 1. CSPER memorandum, dated 3 June 1975, whch recommends a plan for refugee sponsorshp and partcpaton n JRCO A message, dated 3 June 1975, on sponsorshp of refugees and the establshment of JRCO rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget gudance, dated 5 June 1975, on JRCO admnstraton, messages, etc 5 4. Letter of nstructon, dated 13 June 1975, outlnng the responsbltes of the Coordnator, JRCO, and Chef, Army- Element, JRCO A message, dated 3 February 1976, to the Army communty on the dsestablshment of JRCO and refugee resettlement 56 42

53 " "" "" 'TW^'PKl ' yw*?www^,,r *l!wwf'v**w'- r- T^-;. ; ^'T^w^WKW^" J A H KJ M^W'Mll EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OPPCS OF THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL WASHNGTON. O.C. 231 APE-PBP 3 June 1975,.1 :. l MEMORANUM FOR: CHEF OF STAFF, UNTE STATES ARMY SUBJECT: Sponsorshp of Refugees -- ECSON MEMORANUM PURPOSE. To establsh an Army plan for the sponsorshp of Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees. 1. OS, Mr. Erch F. von Marbod [PAS(C)] requested support n organzng efforts to encourage sponsorshp of Vetnamese (or Khmer) refugees by Army personnel, both mltary and cvlan, commands and socal groups. (TAB A) 2. Some 2, refugees, mostly those wth Amercan relatves or who were fnancally ndependent, Have been processed out of refugee centers n CONUS. However, approxmately 6, refugees from Southeast Asa, some stll at-pacfc bases, reman to be matched wth sponsors before they can depart refugee centers n CONUS for resettlement n the US. 3. After completon of securty checks, refugees can be released to sponsors through any of nne approved Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS), each of whch has dfferng capabltes, geographc scopes and operatng methods. Sponsors may be ndvduals or groups who are wllng and able to assst refugees by provdng shelter, food, clothng and pocket money, assstng n fndng employment and school enrollment for chldren, and coverng ordnary medcal costs or medcal nsurance. These requrements are a moral oblgaton rather than a legal commtment by the sponsor. (etals n State epartment message at nclosure 2 n TAB.) 4. The Army can expedte sponsorshp arrangements by provdng nformaton to three categores of potental sponsors: a. Army personnel whose Vetnamese and Cambodan frends or relatves are now n a refugee status. OUJT/O^ 43 '^e-^s -,--...

54 : r.pn«'w;t»tr, 7"V7 J^^^mJQjHHBHHMHBHMBHH^^BHBBmaKU.^UM^. -r.",, r-n..^-.-my»! v:-'-tmvkjafc«' 11 APE-PBP SUBJECT: Sponsorshp of Refugees -- ECSON MEMORANUM u b. Army personnel who do not have a by-name request but are nterested n sponsorng refugees for humantaran or other cogent reasons. c. Army commands, organzatons, and socal and fraternal groups nterested n sponsorng refugees. 5. A central nformaton clearng offce could be establshed to provde: a. nformaton on requrements and procedures for becomng sponsors. l 111 Ö l r b. nformaton on the status and locaton of specfc refugees. c. rect lason wth the nteragency Task Force (ATF) and access to ther refugee data base, OS, Refugee Centers, and VOLAGS. 6. The Army has the capabl Refugee nformaton Clearng nformaton Clearng Offce to avod duplcaton of fac ty of«establshng ts own Offce, however, a Jont Refugee (JRCO) s more desrable n order ltes and personnel and to provde a sngle pont of contact fo r lason and coordnaton wth other agences. One on-lne computer termnal for accessng ATF data base at epartment of State wll be establshed n the Pentagon at ATF expense wthn 24 hours of approval of ths plan. 7. A Navy clearng offce has already been establshed and could be rapdly expanded to a Jont offce wth the addton of personnel and support from Army and other servces. Coordnaton wth the USAF, USN, OS, and Jont Staff ndcates support for establshment of a JRCO. 8. The JRCO would operate under the Jont Staff wth each servce provdng one -6 to command ts respectve elements. Addtonal servce staffng as requred would be provded so that each servce element would provde answerng servce for ts own telephones. Estmated personnel requrements by servce are: Army - 6-7; Navy - Lason; Ar Force - 4-5; Marnes Of the total personnel, t s estmated 44.-_.-

55 Ul l>*> kl»hj!^ sp»b"t T^a;7r.~7-TT^..v»T(»t^-^>Wjj;,j1n,y),^w W:g^ppj *» APE-PBP SUBJECT: Sponsorshp of Refugees -- ECSON MEMORANUM [ 1 u 11:. lu ] ß that a maxmum of 6-1 would actvely be workng n the JRCO at any one tme. Contacts wth ndvduals and nstallatons n CONUS would occur 8-17 and contacts wth Pacfc bases would occur The Army's contrbuton to mannng of JRCO would consst of Reserve personnel volunteerng for 9-12 days of extended actve duty. Col Sabe M. Kennedy, Jr., USAR , (bo at TAB B) has been dentfed as beng avalable to serve n ths operaton. Other Reserve Cvl Affars personnel are expected to be selected from the large number of volunteers submtted to FORSCOM n support of Operaton NEW ARRVALS. 1. COA ndcates that ncremental and separately dentfable costs wll be rembursed by ATF (State epartment) and that there wll be no problem n payng for Reserve personnel to be utlzed. 11. To support the sponsorshp program, OCNFO has developed an nformaton plan. (See TAB C). 12. Care must be taken to nsure that sponsor partcpaton s on a voluntary bass. No pressure to partcpate should be brought to bear on ndvduals, commands or organzatons. 13. Announcement of the program, dssemnaton of nformaton, and stmulaton of partcpaton wll be provded by message. (See TAB ) ALTERNATVE. Establsh a separate Army Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce ndependent of offces establshed by other servces. RECOMMENATONS. 1. That the alternatve not be adopted as ths would duplcate facltes, ncrease lason/coordnaton problems and fragment the mltary effort of sponsorshp. 2. That the Army effort be part of a JRCO. 3. That volunteer Reserve Cvl Affars personnel be mmedately placed on actve duty for tranng to man the Army element of the JRCO. 45

56 .. _ ***tw* vwwr^vfw}^.. ', - APE-PBP SUBJECT: Sponsorshp of Refugees -- ECSON MEMORANUM 4. That sponsorshp message at TAB be approved and returned for dspatch. U FOR THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL: /s/ James M. Wroth u 4 ncl [Wthdrawn] JAMES M. WROTH Brgader General, GS rector of Plans, Programs and Budget h. ; 46

57 .,,,111. n.1 lm,.»fj,!!.^.!,,,,....«.mllhhlhj lllllllllu^rpjl :'.»l!,ll-l^yy»wpyp l ffj«lll llw W^Wl!..,.Am,-^ «UNCLASSFE * u n : 3217 JUN 75 FM A UASHC//APE-PBP// TO AG 7MS AC 7Mb NFO SECEF UASHC SECSTATE UASHC JCS UASHC CR CAHP PENLETON CA CR E6LN AFB FL CR FORT CHAFFEE AR CR FT NANTOUN GAP PA ARSTAF SUBJ: SPONSORSHP OF REFUGEES REFS A- SECEF MSG 271fl2Z HAY 75 B. SECSTATE MSG 1Ö251Z MAY 75 C A UASHC//APE-PBP//nSG 31fllbZ MAY THOUSANS OF VETNAMESE MLTARY REFUGEES ARE NOW N RESETTLEMENT CENTERS N THE UNTE STATES OR N THE PROCESS OF BENG MOVE TO THE UNTE STATES FROM OVERSEAS STAGNG AREAS- THERE S A RE NEE TO ESTABLSH A VOLUNTEER SPON- SORSHP PROGRAM TO ASSST THESE REFUGEES N THER RESETTLE- MENT NTO OUR SOCETY. 2. THE PERSONAL EFFORTS OF MANY NVUALS ARE ALREAY UNERUAY^ HOWEVER-. THERE ARE MANY NVUALS^ ORGANZA- TONS AN ACTVTES THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE PROCEURES FOR SPONSORSHP. T S EVENT THAT SOME O NOT KNOU WHERE THER FRENS ARE AN F THEY UERE SUCCESSFUL N THER ESCAPE. 3. SECEF HAS ENCOURAGE SPONSORSHP ON THE PART OF NV- UALS-.^ SOCAL GROUPS SUCH AS UVES» CLUBS-. AN COMMANS AS REFLECTE N REFERENCE A. HSTORCALLY THE ARMY FAMLY HAS RESPONE TO HUMANTARAN APPEALS OF THS TYPE. A SPRTE RESPONSE AT THS TME ULL EXPETE THE SPONSORSHP PROGRAM AN HELP GET OUR FRENS OUT OF THE REFUGEE CENTERS AN RESETTLE N THE UNTE STATES. THE ACTVE VSONAL ASSOCATONS-. NG- USAR-. AUSA-. ROA-. AN NCOA ARE ONLY A FEU * UNCLASSFE * 47. \

58 ....^-wr'«wntw^^»vw!n'-, r:'»mf 7 "'W*,';.' - -. ~.rr?rv'-.t'n:--:f!f' " * UNCLASSFE * ft««««««*««*« ll t : 1 «MUMWM THAT COUL LEN ASSSTANCE. M. N ORER TO MPLEflENT THE SPONSORSHP PROGRAH A JONT REFUGEE NFORMATON CLEARNG OFFCE -CJRCO} S BENG ESTAB- LSHE N THE PENTAGON. THS OFFCE WLL BE ABLE TO PROVE CURRENT NFORMATON ON THE STATUS AN LOCATON OF ALL REF- UGEES AS WELL AS THE PROCEURES TO BE FOLLOWE TO ENTER THE SPONSOR PROGRAM. WTH SUCH NFORMATON AVALABLE^ SPONSOR- SHP WOUL EXPETE EPATURE FROM REFUGEE CENTERS- S. THE JRCO S TASKE TO: A. RESPON TO flueres AS TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES AN ASSST N ESTABLSHNG CONTACT BETWEEN COMMANS/NVUALS. B. ASSST THOSE ESRNG TO SPONSOR REFUGEES AN THER FAMLES. C MANTAN LASON WTH OS-. NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE -CATF^ MMGRATON AN NATURALZATON SERVCE -CNS--. REFUGEE CENTERS AN VOLUNTARY AGENCES {VOLAGS> N ORER TO ETERMNE STATUS OF REFUGEES. t. THE ARMY ELEMENT OF JRCO WLL OPERATE FROM PENTAGON ROOM BF7ba. TELEPHONE NUNBERS ARE: AUTOVON 2S7-Sna/Sl c Jl/ Sn2/SllG COMMERCAL {22> b^t-sna/sn/sllb/shq-. AN WLL BE MANNE URNG NORMAL WORK WEEK. T S EXPECTE JRCO WLL BE OPERATONAL FOR ABOUT 15 AYS. 7. REFERENCE B SCUSSES EFFORTS BY ATF N CONJUNCTON UTH VOLAGS N RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AN OUTLNES REflURE- MENTS FOR SPONSORSHP. ALTHOUGH SPONSORSHP S NOT A FORMAL^ LEGAL COMMTMENT^ THERE Sn HOWEVER A MORAL COMMTMENT TO ASSST THE REFUGEE TO THE BEST OF THE SPONSOR'S ABLTY. SOME OF THE LESS TANGBLE ASPECTS OF RESETTLEMENT NCLUE AJUSTMENT TO A NEW CULTURE AN AÖUANTNG THE REFUGEE WTH US LAWS AN REQUREMENTS. fl. SPECFCALLY A SPONSOR N CONJUNCTON WTH ONE OF THE VOLAGS-. WLL BE EXPECTE TO: A. RECEVE THE REFUGEE AN HS FAMLY. B. PROVE SHELTER AN FOO. UNTL THE REFUGEE BECOMES SELF-SUFFCENT. SHELTER NEE NOT BE N THE RESENCE OF THE SPONSOR. BUT MUST BE AEÖUATE. C PROVE CLOTHNG AN POCKET MONEY- * UNCLASSFE * 48. -

59 : ',. " -.: ;; ";, ".. «UNCLASSFE «n [. PROVE ASSSTANCE N FNNG EflPLOYttENT AN N SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR CHLREN. E. COVER ORNARY MECAL COSTS OR MECAL NSURANCE. F. ONCE EMPLOYMENT S OBTANE^ ASSST THE REFUGEE TO LOCATE PERMANENT HOUSNG. ACöURE MNMAL FURNTURE AN ARRANGE FOR UTLTES.. SPONSORSHP BY AN NVUAL COUL BE FFCULT WHEN LARGE FAMLES ARE NVOLVE, HOWEVER«. F ASSUME ON A BROAER BASE-..E.-. ALL PERSONNEL N A COMMAN-. CHURCH GROUP-. UVES' CLUB OR VSONAL ASSOCATON-. THE BUREN COUL BE EASE. CONCEVABLY. A LARGER ORGANZATON COUL SPONSOR MORE THAN ONE FAMLY. 1. SPONSORSHP REflUREMENTS FOR RELATVES OF AMERCAN CTZENS AN PERMANENT ALENS ARE MORE SMPLFE. HEALTH EUCATON AN WELFARE EPARTMENT -CHEld> ASSSTE BY THE RE CROSS-. WLL VERFY WLLNGNESS AN ABLTY OF THE NAME RELATVE TO SPONSOR AN RESETTLE REFUGEES. ONCE CONFRME-. NS WLL RELEASE THOSE REFUGEES WTHOUT ATONAL SPONSOR- SHP REflUREMENTS. F HEW ECES SPONSOR S UNABLE TO CARE FOR REFUGEES-. CASE WLL BE PASSE TO AN ACCRETE VOLAG FOR PROCESSNG. RELATVES OF US CTZENS NCLUE SPOUSE-. PARENTS-. GRANPARENTS, CHLREN-. GRANCHLREN-. UNMARRE SBLNGS AN HANCAPPE EPENENTS.. REFUGEES WTH NEPENENT MEANS ARE THOSE WTH AVERAGE PER CAPTA RESOURCES OF FOUR THOUSAN OLLARS-. EXCLUSVE OF TRANSPORTATON. THESE NVUALS/FAMLES MAY BE RECT- E TO RESETTLEMENT LOCATONS WTH ONLY BREF COUNSELNG-. PROVE THAT THE NVUAL OR AT LEAST ONE AULT N A FAMLY HAS A FACLTY N ENGLSH-. VOCATONAL SKLLS AN A GENERAL EA OF RESETTLEMENT LOCATON. 12. THE ARMY FAMLY S ENCOURAGE TO GET BEHN THS HUMAN- TARAN EFFORT AN SUPPROT THE SPONSORSHP PROGRAM. HOWEVER-. SPONSORSHP S VOLUNTARY AN NVUALS, COMMANS OR OGAN- ZATONS WLL NOT BE PRESSURE TO SPONSOR REFUGEES. 13. REflUEST WEST SSEMNATON. «UNCLASSFE» «««««««««««««««««ft 49 -,

60 .. "n SPOSTON FORM For tmof thtofofm,» AW 8*-16;ttwpTOpow«tao>wcyltT>wAdKrt>KO( ^ ERENCS OR O^FC SYMBOL SUBJECT uomt*. r TO APE-PBZ-X Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO SEE STRBUTON PROM C,T1 APE ^ 5 Jun 75 MAJ Pearson/vge/ A Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce was establshed 8 hours, 4 June ts msson s to expedte refugee sponsorshp by facltatng nformaton nterchange n support of A message APE-PBP 321Z Jun The Army Element of the JRCO s under the control of the rector of Plans, Programs and Budget, OCSPER. nformaton about the Army Element: a. Key Personnel: Chef - COL Sabe Kennedy Plans Offcers - CPT Robert Slano MAJ Wllam Stockton b. Telephones: OX-7519 OX OX OX-7511 c. Locaton: BF762, Pentagon d. Offce symbol for routng to them: APE-PRO e. Message address: A WASHC//APE-PRO// f. Offce hours: 8-17, Mon-Fr FOR THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL: STRBUTON ACS AAG AAR ACA ACH AEN AG A 1 AJA ALO AMA AM AMO NGB APC ASG APE-ZX APE-CP APE-HR APE-MP APE-PBA APE-PBB APE-PBM APE-PBP APE-PBR APE-PRO /s/ John E. Pearson, Jr. Pentagon Telecommuncatons Center APE-ZXM JOHN E. PEARSON, JR. Major, GS Executve, rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget 5 )A F F ES M REPLACES OO PORM»6, EXSTNG SUPPUES OP WHCH WU.BE BSUE AN USE UNTL FEB «3 UNLESS SOONER EXHAUSTE. *UktKl m4-n»4)«mm «,.., - ' ' -. -., 'J ,....,. ^v., ;,... -,,,^.,...,..,;.,; A ;,.

61 SPOSTON FORM Forwefhteferm.wA»4'16;tfwpr8omt to Tfcj AdluttH Q wwf» OfWft TO APE-PRO/COL Kennedy PROM APE-PB AT1 5 Jun 75 C«" MAJ Pearson/vo/ Ths F provdes admnstratve gudance on certan aspects of the operaton of the Army Element, Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO). 2. The followng fle symbol s establshed for use on correspondence AW AR 34-9 and AR 34-15: APE-PRO. 3. Message address: A WASHC//APE-PRO//. 4. Sgnature authorty: a. Correspondence should be on CSPER letterhead. You are authorzed to sgn "For the eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel". b. Sgnature block: Sabe M. Kennedy, Jr. Colonel, GS Chef, Army Element, JRCO c. You are authorzed to release ROUTNE and PRORTY messages. 5. Offcer Evaluaton Reports: a. You are the ratng offcer for all personnel assgned to the Army Element, JRCO. b. The eputy rector of Plans, Programs and Budget, OCSPER, s your ratng offcer. The rector of Plans, Programs and Budget s your ndorsng offcer. 6. Functonal fles wll be establshed AW AR Upon the dsestablshment of your offce, all fles wll be transferred to the Chef, Plans and Systems vson, OCSPER for retenton untl such tme as they should be destroyed or retred to the Federal Records Center. FOR THE RECTOR: /s/ John E. Pearson, Jr. CF: APE-PBP APE-ZXM JOHN E. PEARSON, JR. Major, GS Executve, rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budget 51 C^roWy^Jlö^^REPÜJcE^O FORM 9. EXSTNG 8UPPUES OF WHCH WLL BE 17A 1 FEBCS ZrKlO SSUE AN USE UNTll FEB 63 UNLESS SOONER EXHAUSTEa ftuton 1174-tW.tM/MH :t,-jc,,..,, - :. : v... ',.:,

62 . SPOSTON FORM for u of thlt form, «w AR 34»t ; th«propowmt mwcy l Th» Adhrtwt Qwwr» OfWo. FERENCt OR OmC SYMBOL SUUCT. TO APE-PBZ-X CR, PTC FROM Messages for JRCO APE OAT CMT1 5 Jun 75 MAJ Pearson/vge/ Reference F, APE-PBZ-X, Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce, dated 5 Jun 75, copy attached. 2. The JRCO has specal nterest n all messages from SECSTATE, SECEF, JCS, all servces and all commands regardng SEA evacuees/ refugees. Request they be added to the PTC dstrbuton of all such messages. Ths requrement s n addton to the normal APE dstrbuton. Request ths addtonal dstrbuton be shown wth ther own symbol, APE-PRO, to expedte delvery. FOR THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL: s John E. Pearson, Jr llncl as CF: APE-ZXM APE-PBP APE-PRO JOHN E. PEARSON, JR. Major, GS Executve, rectorate of Plans, Programs and Budgpt )A F FO E R B M REPLACES O FORM 9, EXSTNG SUPPUE8 OF WHCH WLL BE SSUE AN USE UhmL 1 FEBM UNLESS SOONER EXHAUSTE. 52 *WMNl 1tT4-«W.aWMW

63 ^BKaummmmmmmmma&amwsa -^^ ^ rnmr* - wfaj,»w ; H!wr- -T?g^. :, j pm.tow^b". EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OmCK OF THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL. WAEHNOTON,.& 2S APn-PBP 13 Jun 1975 SUBJECT: Letter of nstructon (LO) Colonel Sabe M. Kennedy, Jr. Coordnator Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce Pentagon, Room BF 762 Washngton, C 231 n ear Colonel Kennedy: 1. You are desgnated as both Coordnator, Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) and Chef, Army Element, JRCO. Ths LO outlnes your responsbltes n both postons. 2. The role of the JRCO s to expedte refugee sponsorshp by facltatng nformaton nterchange. The JRCO wll not take over or preempt any cvlan agency functons but wll assst as requred. Operatng procedures wll be developed carefully as experence s ganed n ths new area of operatons. The actvtes of the JRCO wll be open to publc scrutny and should always be conducted so as to brng credt to the mltary servce, and the government of the Unted States. 3. As Coordnator, JRCO you are expected to coordnate the efforts of the Army, Ar Force and Marne Corps elements provded for ther respectve servces. As such, you have authorty to establsh polcy and procedure that wll nsure a coordnated, responsve effort wth mnmum duplcaton/ waste. You do not, however, exercse OPCON over the personnel of the other servce elements, nor should you attempt to prescrbe admnstratve procedures on nternal operatons for other servce elements. Areas of common nterest that you should coordnate nclude:.o^ 53 '^e-tf 6.,. -

64 . ' ' ' APE-PBP 13 Jun 1975 SUBJECT: Letter of nstructon (LO) a. Respond to queres as to the status of refugees. ll b. Assst n establshng contact between ndvduals, command and organzaton wth refugee(s). c. Mantan lason wth OS, nteragency Task Force (ATF), mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce (NS), Refugee Centers, Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS) and other agences as deemed approprate. d. Act as an nformaton offce to answer questons related to sponsorshp procedures and commtment. e. Provde nformaton relatve to VOLAGS name and address. f. Provde, when requested, whch VOLAG s located at each resettlement center. g. Refer sponsorshp nqures to the resettlement center VOLAGS for processng, as approprate.. h. nsure on-lne computer down-tme s reported mmedately for correctve acton.. Establsh securty procedures and appont custodan for classfed materal. Utlze approved forms. j. Establsh a procedure to assst "walk-n" cases - ndvduals from Pentagon/Washngton area. k. Provde a daly status report, use format smlar to R/E status report used by OMS. 1. Establsh a refugee polcy fle. [4. As Chef, Army Element, JRCO, you are responsble for all aspects of partcpaton n the JRCO. Specfc gudance: r a. Mantan current status of nqures, actons taken, and recorded on a responsve format and fled. b. Mantan current fles on sponsorshp. [ 54

65 'wt^mmmomm^wmm. vm-r?mwwmw^mmwmm'**v^,*'w*'m e a. y APE-PBP SUBJECT: Letter of nstructon (LO) 13 Jun 1975 c. Establsh securty procedures and appont custodan for classfed materal. Utlze approved forms. d. Establsh a (system) plan that wll lead to the developement of a lesson learned document to be ncluded wthn a complete after acton report. e. Mantan expense documents that can be used to submt to OAS(C) for rembursable expendtures. 5. Specfc areas not to be addressed by the JRCO: a. o not offer employment nformaton. b. o not offer housng nformaton. c. o not offer educaton nformaton. d. o not refer drect request from refugees to a known sponsor - VOLAGS must be contacted for ths type stuaton. e. o not respond drectly or affrmatvely to a refugee's queston relatve to or about sponsor avalablty. 6. The Army s the host servce for the JRCO. Any admnstratve support requred for any of the servce elements n the JRCO can be obtaned by contactng the Chef, Management Support Offce, OCSPER (Mr. Pyle, OX 7-384). FOR THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL: CF: USAF JRCO ELEMENT USMC JRCO ELEMENT USN JRCO ELEMENT /s/ James M. Wroth JAMES M. WROTH Brgader General, GS rector of Plans, Programs and Budget 55

66 "'' w y! '??gw w^g>w^^ 1... > : Q32112Z FEB 7b FH A UASHC//APE-PRO// TO A6 745 AG 741, NFO SECEF ÜASHC SECSTATE dashc JCS UASHC CNO UASHC CSAF UASHC CMC UASHC ARSTAF» UNCLASSFE «SUBJECT: RESETTLEMENT OF NOCHNESE REFUGEES - JRCO REFS A. SECEF fsg 27aQSZ MAY 7S B. SECSTATE MSG fqsslz MAY 75 C A UASHC//APE-PBP//nSG 31fllbZ MAY 75. A UASHC//APE-PBP//nSG 321Z JUN UE TO THE TERMNATON OF THE JONT REFUGEE NFORMA- TON CLEARNG OFFCE -CJRCO} ON 31 JAN 7b THE FOLLOWNG S BENG SUPPLE TO ASSST N HANLNG fluestons OR PROB- LEMS ARSNG CONCERNNG REFUGEES. 2. LOCAL AMERCAN RE CROSS -CARO CHAPTERS CAN BE CONTACTE FOR ASSSTANCE N LOCATNG NOCHNESE REFUGEES N THE US AN ABROA. THS SERVCE MAY BE EXTENE N SOME CASES TO REACH MSSNG FAMLY MEMBERS AN OTHERS UHO UERE NOT EVAC- UATE FROM NOCHNA F COMMUNCATON CAN BE ESTABLSHE THROUGH THE NTERNATONAL FACLTES OF THE RE CROSS- 3. THE OFFCE OF REFUGEE AN MGRATON AFFARS {ORM>-. EPARTMENT OF STATE HANLES SPONSORSHP AN MOVEMENT OF NOCHNESE REFUGEES LOCATE CURRENTLY N THR COUNTRES ONLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASS. ONLY THE EPARTMENT OF STATE CAN ASSST N SPONSORNG AN EVACUATNG REFUGEES LOCATE ABROA TO THE UNTE STATES. AS EACH CASE S JUGE ON TS OUN PARTCULAR MERTS AN THOSE UHCH NVOLVE FAMLY REUN- FCATON TAKE PRECEENCE-. ALL CASES N UHCH EPENENTS-. »««««««««««««ft «UNCLASSFE * ««««ft««*«««««««««* 56.:....-

67 """'" : ",._;; ; P., ^ar;v,t^y^t!.^w y»yj>tr;p;y'^yct^^':'g."^gtm»" * UNCLASSFE «FAfllLY OR OTHERS RELATE TO US CTZENS OR REFUGEES ALREAY RESETTLE N THE UNTE STATES SHOUL BE flfleately BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTON OF ORfl AS FOLLOWS:. 1 G fl A. FOR ASSSTANCE N CASES REGARNG VETNAMESE AN CAMBOANS: EPARTMENT OF STATE ATTN: /HA/ORM {MR. H. CUSHN6> ROOM HS, NEU STATE ES C STREET-. NU UASHNGTON C 252 TELEPHONE: C22> b32-2boq/3bll B. FOR ASSSTANCE N CASES REGARNG LAOTANS: EPARTMENT OF STATE ATTN: /HA/ORM {MR. J. BROH-KAHN> ROOM NEU STATE 221 C STREET-. NU WASHNGTON^ C 252 TELEPHONE: C22> b32-fll2/a3/fllüh M. NVUALS UHO CURRENTLY ARE SPONSORNG NOCHNESE REFUGEES AN UHO HAVE fluestons OR FFCULTES SHOUL FRST CONTACT THE VOLUNTARY AGENCY -CVOLAGJ UHCH ASSSTE N ARRANGNG THE SPONSORSHP. VOLAGS ARE THE BASC NTERMEARY FOR RESETTLEMENT PROBLEMS AN ARE UNER CONTRACT TO A SPONSORS AN REFUGEES. THE NAME AN THE ARESSES OF VOLAG PONTS OF CONTACT FOLLOU: A. U.S. CATHOLC CONFERENCE MGRATON AN REFUGEE SERVCES ATTN: MR. J. MCCARTHY {RE:TOR> 1312 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE-. NU WASHNGTON-. C 25 TELEPHONE: 22> t5 c l-bb31/b75 B. AMERCAN FUN FOR CZECHOSLOVAK REFUGEES ATTN: R. PAPANEK {PRESENT} ROOM BROAUAY NEU YORK-. NY 111 TELEPHONE: C212> 2t5-ln/lfbT ««ft*««**«**««*«*** * UNCLASSFE * »««««««««««ft**

68 r---^^,y~*^yrn^y^jy3^^ '" ^, Ö 1 «UNCLASSFE «C CHURCH UORL SERVCE HMGRATON AN REFUGEE PROGRAM ATTN: MR. J.. SCHAUER -CRECTORl H7S RVERSE RVE NEU YORK NY 1QS7 TELEPHONE: {212> fl7-21b3/21fe,m. LUTHERAN flmgraton AN REFUGEE SERVCE ATTN: HR. - ANREUS <RECTOR> 315 PARK AVENUE-. SOUTH NEU YORK NY OQ1 TELEPHONE: <215> b73-s"123 E. UNTE HA3 SERVCE^ NC ATTN: MR. G. JACOBSON {EXECUTVE VCE PRESENT} 2 PARK AVENUE-. SOUTH NEU YORK NY 13 TELEPHONE: C212> bt-bfoo F. TOLSTOY FOUNATON NC ATTN: MRS. VASK 2S WEST S7TH STREET NEU YORK NY loolt TELEPHONE: {212> 2M7-2 e 122 -CEXT 4> G. NTERNATONAL RESCUE COMMTTEE ATTN: MR. UVECH 33t, PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEU YORK NY 11b TELEPHONE: {212> b7 e J-1 H. AMERCAN COUNCL FOR NATONALTES SERVCE ATTN MR. U. C KLEN {RECTOR} 2 UEST MOTH STREET NEU YORK NY 115 TELEPHONE: <212} 57* ; ^ ^ ^ ^ «^ ^fr ^ ^ ^ ^ * UNCLASSFE «58.,. -.

69 '- - 'r'w'^^twam.mmmmum,»m r^"fl W^ WttWJW T!»wral^"»,jmf,1;»pw»w.. * UNCLASSFE» ******************. TRAVELERS A NTERNATONAL SOCAL SERVCES ATTN: MR. d. HNRCHES -[EXECUTVE RECTOR} 3MS EAST MtTH STREET NEU YORK NY 117 TELEPHONE: -caa} ba7-a^7fl/fl^7 c^ l. : J. AMERCAN COUNCL OF VOLUNTARY AGENCES FOR FOREGN SERVCES, NC ATTN: MR. VAN SCOOTER/MRS- SPENCER {RECTORS} 5 PARK AVENUE-. SOUTH NEU YORK-. NY 13 TELEPHONE: -Ca2> S. N THE EVENT OF FFCULTES BETWEEN VOLAGS AN SPONSORS OR REFUGEES-. THE REGONAL FEL OFFCES OF THE EPARTMENT OF HEALTH-. EUCATON AN WELFARE -CHEU> SHOUL BE CONTACTE- HEU REGONAL FEL OFFCES EACH HAVE SPECALLY ESGNATE REFUGEE ASSSTANCE COORNATORS -CRAO WHO HELP N RECONCLNG VOLAG PROBLEMS AN MATTERS RELATNG TO THE STATE AN LOCAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH-. EUCATON AN SOCAL REHABLTATON PROGRAMS AVALABLE FOR REFUGEES. THE REFUGEES ASSSTANCE COORNATOR-. AN OTHER HEd OFFCALS N EACH FEERAL REGON-. CAN PROVE VALUABLE NFORMATON ON MANY REFUGEE PROGRAMS FOR WHCH THE NOCHNESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN RESETTLE ARE ELGBLE. THE REGONAL PONTS OF CONTACT FOR THE HEU REFUGEE ASSSTANCE COORNATORS {RAO ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. REGON <MANE-. NEW HAMPSHRE-. CONNECTCUT-. AN MASSACHUSETTS} JOHN F. KENNEY FEERAL BULNG ATTN: (R. GLSON -CRAO GOVERNMENT CENTER BOSTON-. MASSACHUSETTS 323 TELEPHONE: -Cbl7} 223-tfllO VERMONT-. RHOE SLAN B. REGON -CNEW JERSEY VRGN SLANS-. PUERTO RCO-. AN NEW YORK} FEERAL BULNG ATTN: MR. CHATMAN -CRAC} ****************** * UNCLASSFE «****************** 59 Ul.,,." ;,' >- ' -

70 -^ ^w^^ [ * UNCLASSFE «ft*»««««««««*««««««2b FEERAL PLAZA NEU YORK NY 17 TELEPHONE: {2a> 2bM-3bSA Ü C REGON -CELAUARE MARYLAN-. WEST VRGNA-. VRGNA, STRCT OF COLUnBA AN PENNSYLVANA> ATTN: MR. SPRAGUE -CRAO 3S3S MARKET STREET PHLAELPHA, PENNSYLVANA nol TELEPHONE: -CSS} Slt-bM^b. REGON V -CKENTUCKY TENNESSEE-. NORTH CAROLNA-. SOUTH CAROLNA-. MSSSSPP-. ALABAMA-. FLORA-. AN GEORGA? ATTN: MR. MARKER {RAO/MR. LABOMBAR {RAO SO SEVENTH STREET, NE ATLANTA, GEORGA 3323 TELEPHONE: -CMOM} S2b-S3«4S E. REGON V {MNNESOTA, WSCONSN! MCHGAN! OHO! NANA! AN LLNOS? ATTN: MR. LANGAN {RAO/MR. CROMLEY -CRAO 3 SOUTH (JACKER RVE CHCAGO! LLNOS bobob TELEPHONE: C312> F. REGON V -CNEhl MEXCO! OKLAHOMA! ARKANSAS! LOUSANA! AN TEXAS? ATTN: MR. UHTEAKER {REGONAL RECTOR'S OFFCE? 12 MAN TOlüER BULNG ALLAS! TEXAS 7S22 TELEPHONE: {2m? bss-32sa G. REGON V {NEBRASKA! OWA! KANSAS! AN MSSOUR? ATTN: MR. NELL {RAO bol EAST 12TH SRTEET KANSAS CTY! MSSOUR bmlob TELEPHONE: {fllb? 37M-3M3b H. REGON V {MONTANA! WYOMNG! NORTH AKOTA! SOUTH AKOTA! UTAH, AN COLORAO? h [ «UNCLASSFE «««ft**«*««**««*««6

71 ' T'!^--T7P^'»»rT*w^^^----^^^ 7M^!^'^." ; MWWW^W'lW>ytt^^^^ G ; lo ATTN: MR. EUNG -CRAO 111 STOUT STREET ENVER COLORAO AOSQB TELEPHONE: {33} * UNCLASSFE ««»«»je«. REGON X {CALFORNA. NEVAA-. ARZONA-. HAÜA-. AMERCAN SAflOA- AN TRUST TERRTORY OF THE PACFC SLANS> FEERAL OFFCE BULNG ATTN: MR. WENELL -CRAO SG FULTON STREET SAN FRANCSCO-. CALFORNA TMGS TELEPHONE: CMSJ SSb-ÖSÖB J. REGON X -CÜASHNGTON-. OREGON-. AHO-. AN ALASKA} ATTN: MR- LANGLOS {RAO ARCAE PLAZA 1351 SECON AVENUE SEATTLE-. WASHNGTON lölül TELEPHONE: «ObJ MMS-a^G b. MANY REFUGEE ASSSTANCE PROGRAMS SUCH AS LEGAL A-. EUCATONAL MATERALS. PROFESSONAL ACCRETATON-. ETC HAVE BEEN ESTABLSHE BY FEERAL-. STATE-. AN LOCAL GOVERN- MENTS AN BY PRVATE ORGANZATONS-. NSTTUTONS. AN A HOC GROUPS- ASSSTANCE N OBTANNG NFORMATON ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AN BENEFTS CAN BE SOUGHT FROM THE VOLAGS AN FROM THE HEU REFUGEE ASSSTANCE COORNATORS- 7. MLTARY CAN SEEK ASSSTANCE FROM SERVCE ORGANZATONS-. SUCH AS ARMY COMMUNTY SERVCE-. FOR HELP N REFUGEE RESETTLE- MENT. fl. F MLTARY SPONSORS HAVE PROBLEMS WHCH AFFECT THER STATUS AS SERVCE MEMBERS-. FOR EXAMPLE-. REASSGNMENT WHLE SPONSORNG REFUGEES. REFUGEE ELGBLTY FOR EPENENCY STATUS. ETC. THEY SHOUL CONTACT APPROPRATE LOCAL PER- SONNEL ELEMENTS OR STAFFS. ACTON ARESSEE APE NFORMATON ARESSEE ARSTAF * UNCLASSFE * «««««ft«««**«««*«61.,. -

72 -.'^w?^:t^w^.''^,?'?retwt^.^am^j^ : ANNEX B epartment of the Army: ocumentaton CONTENTS 1. CSPER memorandum, dated 21 May 1975, recommendng a polcy on the employment of former senor Vetnamese and Cambodan mltary personnel A message, dated 3 May 1975, outlnng employment polcy for former senor mltary personnel of the Khmer Republc and Republc of Vetnam Adjutant General Center message, dated 13 June 1975, regardng exchange and theater prvledges for mltarly sponsored evacuees Chef of Staff memorandum, dated 2 3 June 1975, assgnng A Staff responsbltes n support of Southeast Asan refugees 7 5. A message, dated 21 July 1975, establshng A polces to be followed n recrutng Vetnamese and Cambodan evacuees 72 J h o 62 ' '

73 5^rwww*w«p*"r ^^ EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFCE OF THE EPUTY CHEF OP STAFF FOR PERSONNEL WASHNGTON..C. 231 APE-PBP 21 May 1975 [ L! 1: 1 U ; MEMORANUM FOR: SUBJECT: CHEF OF STAFF, UNTE STATES ARMY Employment of Former Senor Mltary Personnel of GVN/Camboda -- ECSON MEMORANUM PURPOSE. To provde to CSA a polcy recommedaton for provdng employment to former GVN or Cambodan senor mltary personnel. SCUSSON. 1 n a message to CSA plans to sponsor..., GVN, and wshes to have hm employed by the Army as a wrter of hstory and concurrently as a consultant and advsor to...(tab A). 2. n a letter to CSA,..., former... and now lvng n... has requested assstance for employment (TAB B). 3. Addtonal nqures have been receved nformally by other Army staff agences pertanng to specal use of selected ndvduals. 4. The prncpal ssue n employment s whether or not the ndvdual has resdent alen status. Laws and regulatons prohbt compettve Cvl Servce employment of alens n the US and ts terrtores n any Federal agency when a US ctzen s qualfed and avalable. Excepted servce status permts employment n certan postons where ther unque background and expertse are essental; however, they must compete wth both natve and naturalzed ctzens. n ether case, however, resdent alen status s requred. (TABS C and ) 5. Accordng to Mr. von Marbod, OS(C), the Presdental Commsson apponted on 19 May under the drecton of Ambassador John Esenhower wll, n all lkelhood, recommend that Congress grant resdent alen status to refugees. Ths was the case wth Hungaran and Cuban refugees. ÄV 63

74 - -r ''TTar^v^y?fr'-^? q^'" ; T^*!'T'^T^^^ wv-'f»#w.'*7m't!!r^fyr.''rmww'ftmw^ vw*^jw**-".-3 ' '^T^ APE-PBP SUBJECT: Employment of Former Senor Mltary Personnel of GVN/Camboda -- ECSON MEMORANUM : r. o 6. Under exstng condtons, sponsorshp has no mpact on grantng of resdent alen status. The mmgraton and Natural zaton Servce s bound by law on the number of persons permtted to mmgrate. However, an Executve Order or legslaton could preempt the present law. 7. There are postons wthn the Army where persons wth the specalzed qualfcatons of these senor mltary personnel mght be useful. Examples of these postons are as language nstructors, ntellgence specalsts and possbly selected mltary analysts to wrte specal papers addressng certan aspects wthn ther areas of expertse. These ndvduals could be consdered for employment on a best qualfed cvlan hre bass along wth US ctzens, f they are granted resdent alen status. Some of the former GVN and Cambodan senor mltary personnel are extremely knowledgeable and can offer bona fde contrbutons. 8. The ndvduals selected can be ganfully employed by the US Army; however, the Army should endeavor not to create " makework" projects just to provde employment unless natonal polcy dctates otherwse. " M ; ; 9. Currently by law, appontment as an offcer n the RA (1 USC 3285) s lmted to ctzens of the Unted States. There s statutory authorty (1 USC 3444), however, to gve appontment as offcers to any person durng tme of war or natonal emergency n the AUS wthout component. Ths statute does not mpose a ctzenshp or resdency requrement. n vew of the fact that a state of natonal emergency currently exsts (by vrtue of Presdent Truman's proclamaton of 16 ecember 195, whch to date has not been termnated), t would be legally permssable to appont the subject ndvduals as AUS offcers. However, a Bll (HR 3884) to termnate Natonal Emergency Authorty was forwarded to the House Judcary Commttee on 15 Aprl To date, no acton has been taken on ths Bll. Enlstments of non-redent alens n the AUS are presently not authorzed. 1. Concernng the legalty of subject sponsorshp, the Judge Advocate advses that there are no restrctons. Army-wde, concernng house guests although there may be local restrctons mposed by the commanders concerned,.e., maxmum of thrty days. Regardng the use of VP quarters, occupancy of these quarters has been restrcted to the extent that permanent party personnel are precluded from reservng them for ther own use, or that of ther guests for prolonged perods of tme, and ' 1

75 l ^^,«^-^^^ ^w^tw^^^«^r '^' "T^^^f^'W*)^? '^^ APE-PBP SUBJECT: Employment of Former Senor Mltary Personnel of GVN/Camboda -- ECSON MEMORANUM occupancy must be on a rembursable bass. All of the above nformaton s contaned n AR 21-16, modfed by A message TG 81641Z May 75. ALTERNATVE. To refran from hrng any former mltary personnel regardless of ther area and degree of expertse. RECOMMENATON. 1. That the alternatve s not n the best nterset of the Army and should not be adopted as the Army's poston. 2. That the Army polcy should be to employ AW Cvl Servce Regulatons on a case-by-case bass, only best qualfed and experenced senor mltary personnel who are capable of fulfllng a vald requrement that exsts for a unque or specalzed skll. 3. That polcy regardng ntegraton nto the US Army not be changed. n U [nclosures Wthdrawn] /s/ H.. Hayward H.. HAYWAR Major General, GS Assstant eputy Chef of Staff for Personnel L 65.,.

76 j ^^-T^^^^,^^^»^^,^^,,-.--,., -'-fflmbmmbbwmw.^»^ ^^^^». ^.-W,- -f.-.-^-m^-.-^^.-».!-^. : -.. * UNCLASSFE * ü BGabZ HAY 75 FM»A ü)ashc//ape-pbp// TO A6 7^S AG 7Mt. NFO CR CAMP PENLETON^ CA CR FT CHAFFEE-. AR C»R EGLN AFB FL CR FT. NANTOWN GAP PA CR USAREC FT SHERAN-! L ARSTAF SUBJECT: EflPLOYflENT POLCY FOR FORMER SENOR MLTARY PERSONNEL OF GVN/CAMBOA n L J [J ü ' U 1. NflURES HAVE BEEN RECEVE CONCERNNG EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER SENOR MLTARY PERSONNEL OF GVN/CAMBOA AS ARMY CVLAN EMPLOYEES OTHER NflURES HAVE CONCERNE ENLST- MENT OR APPONTMENT NTO THE ARMY. 2- THE ARMY POLCY S AU CVL SERVCE REGULATONS AN ON A CASE BY CASE BASS TO FLL VAL POSTONS- 3. ARMY CVLAN EMPLOYMENT: CURRENTLY-. THE PRNCPAL SSUE N ARMY CVLAN EMPLOYMENT S WHETHER OR NOT THE NVUAL HAS RESENT ALEN STATUS. WTHOUT RESENT ALEN STATUS-. THERE CAN BE NO EMPLOYMENT AT ALL. F RES- ENT ALEN STATUS S OBTANE-. REGULATONS PROHBT COM- PETTVE CVL SERVCE EMPLOYMENT OF ALENS N THE US AN TS TERRTORES N ANY FEERAL AGENCY WHEN A US CTZEN S flualfe AN AVALABLE- M- NTEGRATON NTO THE ARMY: A- ENLSTMENT: STATUTES GOVERNNG USAR AN RA ENLST- MENTS O NOT GRANT AUTHORTY TO ENLST REFUGEES UHO ARE N A PAROLEE STATUS. THE STATUTES CONTAN A REflUREMENT THAT THE APPLCANT MUST BE A CTZEN OF THE US OR HAVE BEEN LAWFULLY AMTTE TO THE US FOR PERMANENT RESENCE. B- APPONTMENT AS USAR OFFCER: WTH RESPECT TO USAR OFFCER APPONTMENTS-. THE STATUTES CONTAN THE SAME RE- STRCTONS WHCH PERTAN TO ENLSTMENT. C APPONTMENT AS RA OFFCER: APPONTMENT AS AN OFFCER N THE RA S LMTE TO CTZENS OF THE US. * UNCLASSFE *»»»»«««««««ft 66 ' -.> t..,

77 ... "1P1 tvyw WVJ^fl^W^'J^'W * ^-yry^-pf' 1 TVwr LT.'J *" ^ v-.' 1^" "'f'" ' '":. : L u ****************** * UNCLASSFE» ****************** S. UTH THE OFFCER STRENGTH BENG REUCE«! THERE S-. AT THE PRESENT TME-. NO POSSBLTY OF NTEGRATNG FORflER OFFCERS NTO THE US ARMY. b. N ALL LKELHOO, THE RECENTLY APPONTE PRESENTAL conmsson ULL ARESS GRANTNG OF RESENT ALEN STATUS N THE NEAR FUTURE. UNER EXSTNG CONTONS-. SPONSORSHP HAS NO MPACT ON GRANTNG OF RESENT ALEN STATUS. F RESENT ALEN STATUS S GRANTE BY CONGRESS-. REFUGEES ULL BE ELGBLE TO COMPETE FOR ENLSTMENT OR CVL SERVCE EMPLOYMENT lal) APPLCABLE REGULATONS- 7. MLTARY PERSONNEL UHO RECEVE NÖURES FROM REFUGEES/ EVACUEES SHOUL AVSE THEM TO CONTACT STATE EPARTMENT LASON PERSONNEL AT THE RECEPTON STATON UPON ARRVAL N THE UNTE STATES FOR THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT NFORMATON. fl. REQUEST UE SSEMNATON OF MESSAGE- ****************** * UNCLASSFE» ****************** 67 -

78 ''^* [m, '*^' M "' l ''» '' J^ r. o 1: u * UNCLAS E F T «««»«««ft««««*»**«**««lamomz JUN 75 Ffl CR TAGCEN llashk/zaag-nff// TO AG 7MOt NFO A ÜASHK//ACA APE ALO AMO AO SACLL// AF RANOLPH AFB TX CR AAFES ALLAS TX CR TAGCEN UASHC//AAG-ZX// SUBJ: EXCHANGE AN THEATER PRVLEGES FOR MLTARLY SPONSORE EVACUEES. 1. CERTAN MLTARY PERSONNEL HAVE NCATE A ESRE TO SPONSOR SOUTHEAST ASA EVACUEES N SUPPORT OF THE US GOVERN- MENT'S EARLY RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS- THE flueston OF CONTNUE ELGBLTY OF EVACUEES FOR EXCHANGE AN THEATER PRVLEGES HAS ARSEN N CONNECTON WTH SUCH ASSUMPTON OF SPONSORSHP. 5. REFUGEES WHO ARE SPONSORE CAN NOT BE GRANTE EXCHANGE PRVLEGES N THER OWN RGHT SNCE THEY O NOT CONSTTUTE AN AUTHORZE PATRON CATEGORY UNER AR bo-so. HOWEVER THE FOLLOWNG ALTERNATVES ARE AUTHORZE: A. NSTALLATON COMMANERS MAY SSUE LETTER OF AUTHOR- ZATON TO PERMT EVACUEES TO ENTER EXCHANGE FACLTES WHEN ACCOMPANYNG THER SPONSOR. B. A SPONSOR CAN PURCHASE TEMS FOR SUCH NEES AS MAY ARSE FROM HS SPONSORSHP. C. ANY AUTHORZE PATRON CAN PURCHASE TEMS TO GVE AS BONA FE GFTS TO EVACUEES-. N THE CASE OF A UNT OR ORGANZATON WHCH S AUTHORZE TO PURCHASE FROM THE EXCHANGE^ LETTERS OF AUTHOR- ZATON MAY BE SSUE FOR USE BY EVACUEES WHEN ACCOMPANE BY THE COMMANER OR ESGNATE REPRESENTTVE OF THE UNT OR ORGANZATON {MLTARY OR EPENENT}.»««««««««««»»»«ft «UNCLAS E F T «68

79 ". ',.,..,,,--,, «UNCLAS E F T * t**t**t**tt*********** p REFUGEES SPONSORE BY O CVLANS ARE NOT ELGBLE TO RECEVE LETTERS OF AUTHORZATON UNLESS THE SPONSOR S OTHERWSE AUTHORZE EXCHANGE PRVLEGES AS FOR EXAMPLE N THE CASE OF RETRE MLTARY PERSONNEL EMPLOYE BY O. M. N ALL NSTANCES-. LETTERS OF AUTHORZATON WLL BE WTH- RAWN CONCENT WTH TERMNATON OF SPONSORSHP. S. EVACUEES HAY ATTEN NSTALLATON POVE THEATERS AS GUESTS OF SPONSORS AUTHORZE THEATER PRVLEGES. ACTON ARESSEE AMO, c «ft«*«««***«««*««««««** «UNCLAS E F T * :

80 f! u 111 Ü [The followng s extracted from Chef of Staff Memorandum, CSM , dated 23 June 1975, outlnng A Staff responsbltes for ndochnese refugee support ncludng sponsorshp assstance provded by JRCO under CSPER auspces to the Army communty.] Chef of Staff MEMORANUM U.S. Army SUBJECT: A Staff Responsbltes n Support of SE Asa Refugees MEMORANUM FOR: HEAS OF ARMY STAFF AGENCES 1. PURPOSE. Ths memorandum provdes gudance and assgns responsbltes wthn the Army Staff for all actons pertanng to Army Support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons wthn CONUS and PACOM.. 2. GENERAL. The Unted States Government has elected to permt mmgraton of refugees from Southeast Asa nto the Unted States n parole status. epartment of State was assgned prmary responsblty for overseeng and managng ths operaton at natonal level. All other Federal.agences were drected to support the State epartment as requred on a rembursable bass. Wthn the epartment of efense, Mr. von Marbod, Prncpal eputy Assstant Secretary of efense, Comptroller, was apponted O Coordnator for Support of Refugee Operatons. J-4, wthn OJCS, has prmary responsblty for all matters pertanng to mltary support of Refugee Operatons. A was tasked to actvate, organze, and support, on a rembursable bass, desgnated SE Asa Refugee Centers n CONUS and PACOM wth bllets, food servce, medcal support and admnstraton; and as requred, to support other Servces smlarly engaged. 3. RESPONSBLTES. a. CSOPS s assgned overall coordnatng responsblty for A support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons and wll-- (1) Mantan lason wth and respond to taskng as approprate of Prncpal eputy Assstant Secretary of efense, Comptroller; J-4; OJCS and other Servces. 7 : -. ' '..

81 (2) Serve as A sngle pont of contact for all major commands and Army Staff agences on all matters pertanng to support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons. (3) Montor and coordnate all A actons pertanng to SE Asa Refugee Operatons. (4) Task major Army commands as requred for support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons.. (5) Keep the CSA, VCSA, and AS nformed of all sgnfcant actvtes pertanng to Army support of SE Asa Refugees. b. CSPER wll-- (1) Exercse sngle management responsbltes to nclude drect coordnaton wth State epartment, OS and the Servces on all matters pertanng to A support of Army personnel seekng sponsorshp of SE Asa Refugees and the operaton of Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO). (2) Keep CSA, VCSA, AS and CSOPS nformed of all sgnfcant actvtes pertanng to the operaton of JRCO. (3) Conduct normal staff functons n support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons and coordnate wth CSOPS. n c c. COA wll-- (1) n drect coordnaton wth OS, mantan, manage and seek rembursment for all costs ncurred by the Army n support of SE Asa Refugees. (2) Coordnate all matters pertanng to costng n support of SE Asa Refugees wth CSOPS. d. CSLOG, ACS, COE, TSC, TJAG, CCH, CNGB, CNFO and CAR, wll conduct normal staff functons as requred n support of SE Asa Refugee Operatons and coordnate wth CSOPS. e. All Staff agences wll be prepared to respond on a 24-hour bass. Names of agency POCs to be provded to OCSOPS (LTC Anderson, ) NLT 25 June ,.,

82 ,.. 1. ü u J ä lü u J 1 * UNCLASSFE «ft«««*»««*«*«** QSnSSZ JUL 75 FM»A UASHC/ZAPE-MPR-P// TO CR USAREC FT SHERAN L CR 1LPERCEN ALEX VA CR TRAOC FT MONROE VA//ATTNG-AT-A//ATTNG-SC// AG TMOb AG 7M4t NFO HÖA UASHC/ZAPE-nPR-P// SUBJECT: ENLSTMENT ELGBLTY OF CAMBOAN AN VETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS 1. THE NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE HAS ESTMATE THAT THERE ARE booq TO flo CAMBOAN AN VETNAMESE EVACUEES OF ENLSTMENT AGE THAT ARE POTENTALLY ÖUALFE FOR ENLSTflENT N THE MLTARY. FURTHERMORE^ THE TASK FORCE AVSES THAT THE MAJORTY OF THE EVACUEES O NOT CURRENTLY POSSESS THE LEGAL STATUS AS AN ALEN AMTTE FOR PERMANENT RESENCE- 2. THS MSG ESTABLSHES A POLCES TO BE FOLLOWE N RECRUTNG CAMBOAN AN VETNAMESE EVACUEES UHO MEET THE CRTERA FOR SERVCE N THE US ARMY. 3. ENLSTMENT N THE ARMY S LMTE TO US CTZENS OR ALENS UHO HAVE BEEN LAWFULLY AMTTE FOR PERMANENT RESENCE. ALENS THAT APPLY FOR ENLSTMENT MUST PRESENT THER ALEN REGSTRATON CAR -CMMGRATON AN NATURALZATON FORM -1S1> OR OCUMENTARY EVENCE SSUE BY THE US MMGRATON AN NATURALZATON SERVCE ATTESTNG THAT THE NVUAL HAS BEEN AMTTE TO THE US FOR PERMANENT RESENCE- M. EVACUEES WHO MEET THE CTZENSHP REöUREflENTS MAY APPLY FOR ENLSTMENT THROUGH THE LOCAL ARMY RECRUTNG SERVCE- APPLCANTS MUST MEET PROCUREMENT STANARS- ÖUALFE NVUALS blll BE ENLSTE AS NON-PROR SERVCE PERSONNEL UNER THE PROVSONS OF APPROPRATE ARMY REGULATONS- S. ÖUALFE EVACUEES WHO ESRE ENLSTMENT AN HAVE BEEN PREVOUSLY TRANE BY THE US ARME FORCES-. OR UHO ARE STLL N TRANNG-. ULL ENLST N THE SKLL FOR WHCH THEY WERE TRANE-. PROVE THE SKLL S OPEN FOR NPS PROCUREMENT. SUCH NVUALS t******t****tt**** «" UNCLASSFE ««««««««««««««««««ft 72

83 ' ' ' - " f «UNCLASSFE «MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE.AN HOS PROUCNG COURSE OF NSTRUCTON. APPLCATONS FROM APPLCANTS N THS CATEGORY ULL TAKE PREFERENCE OVER OTHER APPLCANTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVOUSLY TRANE BY THE US ARME FORCES- F THE APPLCANT OES NOT HAVE ANY OCUMENTATON TO VERFY THE TRANNG OR AWAR OF THE MOS-. T WLL BE NECESSARY FOR THE RECRUTNG SERVCE TO VERFY THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETON OF AN MOS PROUCNG COURSE WTH THE COMMANANT OF THE SERVCE SCHOOL WHERE THE TRANNG UAS CONUCTE. VERFCATON MAY BE OBTANE BY TELEPHONE. APPLCANTS ENLSTE UNER THS PROVSON WLL UNERGO THE "MNUTEMAN PROGRAM" {REFRESHER BCT> AN THEN BE ASSGNE TO A UNT FOR UTLZATON N THE SKLL- b. RECRUTERS ULL NOT PREPROCESS FOR ENLSTMENT ANY APPL- CANT a-e. GVE THE MENTAL AN PHYSCAL EXAMNATON} UNTL T S ETERMNE THAT THE NVUAL MEETS THE CTZENSHP RETREMENT FOR ENLSTMENT. 7. USAREC ULL MANTAN ATA REGARNG EVACUEE APPLCANTS AS FOLLOWS FOR SUBSEflUENT REPORTS: A. NUMBER OF APPLCANTS WHO APPLY FOR ENLSTMENT. B. NUMBER OF APPLCANTS WHO ARE EXAMNE. C NUMBER OF APPLCANTS WHO FAL TO MEET PHYSCAL. MENTAL AN MORAL STANARS BY RESPECTVE CATEGORY.. NUMBER WHO ÖUALFY FOR ENLSTMENT. E- NUMBER WHO ENLSTE- F- NUMBER WHO HAVE PREVOUSLY BEEN TRANE OR CURRENTLY N TRANNG BY US ARME FORCES HA PROR TRANNG WTH AN NUMBER WHO HAVE NOT HA SUCH TRANNG- fl- RESERVE OFFCER APPONTMENTS CAN BE GRAMTE ONLY TO APPLCANTS WHO ARE CTZENS OR WHO HAVE BEEN LAWFULLY AMTTE TO THE US FOR PERMANENT RESENCE- REGULAR ARMY OFFCER APPONTMENTS ARE LMTE TO US CTZENS- COMMSSONE OFFCER RECT APPONTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY LMTE TO OCTORS. LAWYERS-. CHAPLANS. WACS AN TECHNCALLY flualfe NVUALS REflURE BY THE ACTVE ARMY WHO ARE NOT AVALABLE THROUGH OTHER OFFCER PROUCNG PROGRAMS. ENLSTMENT FOR THE WARRANT OFFCER FLGHT TRANNG PROGRAM ARE LMTE TO APPROXMATELY 3S PER MONTH. AN THE US ARMY RECRUTNG COMMAN HAS THE REflUREMENT FOR PROCUREMENT. RECT APPONTMENT OF NON-AVATOR WARRANT OFFCERS «UNCLASSFE «73..

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85 ". '^'*r '<wwfv'w^xmrmt''! r *^W***! *?*r*^wrmywrm?w''*'wmw'' '^^"ym'^y-gw^fyf^^^^w "v^^ww^ L ANNEX C epartment of efense: 1. Ü Ü ocumentaton CONTENTS 1. Secretary of efense message, dated 2 7 May 1975, encouragng sponsorshp of refugees by servce members and groups Secretary of efense message, dated 27 May 1975, to enlst the support of the Servce Secretares and Chefs of Staff on refugee sponsorshp Secretary of efense message, dated 2 June 1975, outlnng processng procedures for Vetnamese and Cambodan mltary tranees n CONUS Jont Chefs of Staff message, dated 15 July 1975, regardng the elgblty of Cambodan and Vetnamese evacuees for recrutment as'- «" 75

86 u,m. v^j>vv' J!» ) ;yjvy:vv'mw;^f,^w W y. wl a^ 111,1,jjj, ^j,g ^)^pj)p^jh uuj"j,.».,.,, n,»,) gwp; pp!b ^])^p^j : fflj»^)w»,^.!,u.' 11»!.^jpw -. ( [ Ü 1: [] ß Ö «UNCLASSFE « HAY 75 FM SECEF UASHC TO CJCS UASHC CSA UASHC CNO UASHC CSAF UASHC CMC UASHC NFO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY UASHC SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UASHC SECRETARY OF THE AR FORCE UASHC FROM PAS-CCOMPJ SUBJ: SPONSORSHP OF VETNAMESE REFUGEES 1. THOUSANS OF VETNAMESE MLTARY REFUGEES ARE NOU N REFUGEE CENTERS N THE UNTE STATES AN N TRANST/PROCESS TOUARS THE UNTE STATES FROM OVERSEAS. MANY CONTACTS HAVE BEEN MAE THROUGH THE NTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE BY NVUAL MLTARY PERSONNEL TO SPONSOR THESE NVUALS AN FAMLES. N FACT THE RESPONSE OF THE MLTARY COMMUN- TY AS A UHOLE TO THE NEES OF THESE LONG TME FRENS HAS BEEN MOST HEARTENNG. B. UTHOUT MPOSNG ANY REÖUREMENTS ON THE VOLUNTARY NATURE OF THS PROGRAM T UOUL BE HELPFUL FOR THE ML- TARY EPARTMENTS TO STMULATE AN ENCOURAGE ON A COORN- ATE BASS-. SPONSORSHP ON THE PART OF NVUALS SOCAL GROUPS SUCH AS UVES CLUBS-. AN COMMANS- 3. REflUEST ANY EFFORTS THAT MAY BE UNERTAKEN BE COORN- ATE UTH THE OFFCE OF MR. VON MARBO-. PAS-CO-. RECTOR^ O TASK FORCE ON VETNAMESE REFUGEES- *. YOUR EARLY SUPPORT OF THS ASSSTANCE FOR VETNAMESE FRENS S REQUESTE. ACTON ARESSEE AMO ******************** * UNCLASSFE «******************** 76

87 : ". "T ^v'.^j T»";,7' -,- " ". B Ö 11 1 [ 1 11 «UNCLASSFE « flay 7S FM SECCF UASHC TO CSA UASHC CNO UASHC CSAF UASHC CMC UASHC SECRETARY OF THE ARMY UASHC SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UASHC SECRETARY OF THE AR FORCE UASHC CJCS UASHC PERSONAL FOR GENERAL FRE UEYAN CSA AMRAL JAMES L* HOLLOUAY -. CNO GENERAL AV JONES-. CSAF GENERAL ROBERT E- CUSHMAN-. JR.-. CMC NFO PERSONAL FOR SECRETARES CALLAUAY-. MENORF-. MCLUCAS AN GENERAL BROUN FROM ERCH F- VON MARBO PAS-CO SUBJ: SPONSORSHP OF VETNAMESE REFUGEES REF SECEF {3S7> MAY 7S 1. USH TO ENLST YOUR PERSONAL SUPPORT N ORGANZNG AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE SPONSORSHP OF VETNAMESE {OR KHMER> FAMLES ON THE PART OF OUR MLTARY AN CVLAN PERSONNEL-. NCLUNG COMMANS AN SOCAL GROUPS -CE.G.-. UVES* CLUBS>. THE NAVY S-. KNOU-. ALREAY UNERUAY UTH UHAT APPEARS TO BE A FNE PROGRAM. UOUL LKE TO UNERSCORE THAT EFFORT AN OBTAN A SMLARLY COORNATE EFFORT FROM ARMY AR FORCE AN MARNES* 2. AM PROULY AUARE OF THE MANY PERSONAL EFFORTS BENG MAE BY NVUALS N THE SERVCES- BUT MANY MORE UHO MAY EVEN HAVE VETNAMESE FRENS-. MAY SMPLY BE UNAUARE OF UHETHER THER FRENS ESCAPE-. UHERE THEY MGHT BE-. UHAT SPONSORSHP ENTALS-. AN HOU TO GO ABOUT BENG A SPONSOR. FOR THESE PEOPLE AN GROUPS RECOMMEN ESTABLSHMENT ETHER COLLECTVELY FOR SEVERAL OR ALL SERVCES-. OR NV- UALLY, REFUGEE NFORMATON CENTERS OR CLEARNG OFFCES. «UNCLASSFE ««ft«*«**««*««77

88 u!»w»«ww!^.^w»lvmwl^.h!.!s«w«l»p«lvw 9 l BWlJ!BW^^ - t***************** «UNCLASSFE *. 1. l [ THROUGH THESE CLEARNG OFFCES NTERESTE MLTARY AN CVLAN PERSONNEL COUL NCATE NTEREST-, AN NTATE SPONSORSHP REflUESTS THROUGH THE NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ATA SYSTEMS NTERESTE PERSONNEL COUL ALSO OBTAN NFORMATON ON THE LOCATON AN STATUS OF FRENS AN COMRAES N ARMS. MOREOVER, THESE CENTERS COUL COORN- ATE MAXMUM NTERNAL NFORMATON COVERAGE. 3. HOPE YOU SEE FT TO ASSST THS HUMANTARAN VOLUNTEER EFFORT. PLEASE HAVE YOUR PONT OF CONTACT, WHO ULL WORK CLOSELY WTH MY STAFF AN WTH THE NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE FOR VETNAMESE REFUGEE RELEF CONTACT MY OFFCE 1^ OR ll,^s-^fl^s1 TO ENSURE COORNATON. 1. WARM REGARS. ERC ACTON ARESSEE ACS {GEN WEYAN> NFORMATON ARESSEE SASA {MR CALLAWAY} u * UNCLASSFE * 78

89 ^Jll'W'WW^^^^ q W 'P^»M^W'WW^^ t**t*******tt***** * UNCLASSFE *. ß Q227Z JUN 75 Ffl SECEF UASHC TO CSA UASHC CNO UASHC CSAF UASHC cnc UASHC JCS UASHC CNCPAC HONOLULU H COHUSMACTHA BANGKOK THALAN SECSTATE UASHC R NS FROH PAS-CCOrPTROLLER> FOR SECSTATE/ATF SUBJ: VETNAMESE AN CAMBOAN MLTARY TRANEES AN EPENENTS N CONUS REF: SECSTATE HSBt/lfSSlZ MAY REF MSG OUTLNE PROCEURES FOR PROCESSNG NOCHNA REFUGEES AN ESTABLSHE SPONSORSHP AN RELEASE CRTERA. J : 2. THE FOLLOUNG GUANCE PERTANS TO THE SPOSTON OF VETNAMESE AN CAMBOAN MLTARY TRANEES AN EPENENTS N CONUS. A. STUENTS UTH SPONSORS: VETNAMESE AN CAMBOAN TRANEES AN EPENENTS WTH SPONSORS OR UHO ARE ABLE TO MEEV OTHER CRTERA OUT- LNE N REF MAY BE PROCESSE FOR RELEASE AS SOON AS POSSBLE AT THE TRANNG STATON. TRANEES ULL BE PROVE THE FOLLOUNG OCUMENTS PROR TO RELEASE: OCUMENT SOURCE SOCAL SECURTY CAR LOCAL SOCAL SECURTY OFFCE UORK PERMT NEAREST PT OF LABOR OFFCE FORM -TM -CPAROLE CERTFCATE} LOCAL NS OFFCE TRANNG ACTVTY COMMANERS ARE RESPONSBLE FOR COORN- ATNG UTH THE ABOVE AGENCES FOR THE NECESSARY OCUMENTS AN MAY RELEASE THE TRANEES TO SPONSORS MMEATELY UPON COMPLETON. NTAL REPORTS LSTNG NAMES OF TRANEES ELGBLE FOR RELEASE UNER THS CATEGORY SHOUL BE PROVE ÜC*«*«««*««*«*««««««UNCLASSFE * ««ft«»«««««««««79 S > * <.f- ' t

90 .,».-,-,:. 1.. PfWlJWWJ W ' ^ TLW^.f* "^lrtt'j ". w WH ' - ) 1.'^* W^WV ^ " ' ' ^"'- "*" r -v<-. -:«j.tt"r""n:pr.tt'w^ffwpyr Ü \ U» UNCLASSFE «TO SECl>EF/P]>ASMCf1PTRLLER> fr. VON MARBO AS SOON AS AVALABLE llth SUBSEQUENT REPORTS UHEN TRANEES ARE RELEASE. B. STUENTS dlthout SPONSORS: U VETNAMESE AN CAMBOAN MLTARY TRANEES AN ACCOMPANYNG EPENENTS WTHOUT SPONSORS AT CONUS TRANNG STATONS^ SHOUL REMAN AT THER PRESENT STATONS PENNG ESTABLSHMENT OF A SYSTEM TO REPORT NAMES OF STUENTS AN ACCOMPANYNG EPENENTS TO A ESGNATE RECEPTON CENTER. <a> THOSE STUENTS SHNG RESETTLEMENT FOR THEMSELVES AN/OR FAMLY MEMBERS dhch ENTER THE UNTE STATES THROUGH THE REFUGEE FLOW SHOUL BE PUT N TOUCH UTH POST CHAPLANS FOR REFERRAL TO SECTARAN VOLUNTARY AGENCES OR ASSSTE N MAKNG RECT CONTACT UTH NON-SECTARAN AGENCES. 3. ONCE SPONSORSHP ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETE BY ONE OF THE VOLUNTARY AGENCES-. STUENTS ULL BE RELEASE TO JON SPONSORS OR. SENT TO JON EPENENTS AT RECEPTON CENTERS UHERE EPEN- ENTS ARE CURRENTLY KNOUN TO BE LOCATE. 1. TRANEES UTHOUT EPENENTS UHO HAVE NOT COMPLETE SPONSOR- SHP ARRANGEMENTS BY 3 JUNE l^s SHOUL BE SENT TO THE NEAREST RECEPTON CENTER -CEGLN-. CHAFFEE-. NANTOUN GAP-. OR PENLETON>. F MEMBERS OF THE TRANEES FAMLY ARE N A REFUGEE STATUS AN THE TRANEE OES NOT KNOU THER PRESENT LOCATON-. NAMES OF FAMLY MEMBERS SHOUL BE SENT TO MR. VON MARBO N UASHNGTON. S. REGARLESS OF UHETHER THE CURRENT FUNE TRANNG COURSE S COMPLETE-. ALL TRANEES UHO HAVE NOT OTHERUSE BEEN RESET- TLE ULL BE TRANSFERRE TO AN ASSGNE REFUGEE RECEPTON CENTER BY 3 JUNE 7S. -1 s ««s L 1J b. TRANNG SHOUL BE TERMNATE FOR TRANEES UHO USH TO GO TO A THR COUNTRY AN HAVE OBTANE OCUMENTATON FOR EXT FROM U.S. AN ENTRY NTO A THR COUNTRY. ALL SUCH TRANEES ULL BE PLACE N A HOL STATUS UNTL NLT 3 JUNE 7S. THESE CASES ULL BE REFERRE BY THE MLTARY EPARTMENTS TO OAS {COMPTROLLER}-. ATTN: MR. VON MARBO-. FOR REPORT TO THE EPART- MENT OF STATE AN AN APPROPRATE NTERNATONAL RECEPTON AGENCY FOR REFUGEES PROR TO RELEASE FOR ONUAR TRAVEL TO THR COUNTRY»»««««««««««ft« * UNCLASSFE «8. -

91 r '....,.. - "fts^^tmm ; B 11 * UNCLASSFE «7. TRANNG ULL BE MdEATELY TERMNATE FOR TRANEES UHO ELECT TO RETURN TO HOME COUNTRES. THESE STUENTS ULL BE PLACE N A HOL STATUS UNTL NLT 3 JUNE 75 OR UNTL FNAL MOVEHENT TO HOME COUNTRY CAN BE MAE-. WHCHEVER S EARLER. ORERS FOR MOVEMENT ULL BE PROVE UHEN A PONT S ETERMNE BY THE EPARTMENT OF STATE FOR SUBSEÖUENT MOVEMENT TO HOME COUNTRES. THE OAS-CCOMPT> ATTN: MR. VON MARBO ULL FORUAR THS NFORMATON TO THE MLTARY EPARTMENTS. STUENTS UHO HAVE NOT EPARTE FOR HOME COUNTRY BY 3 JUNE 75 ULL BE TRANSFERRE TO AN ASSGNE RECEPTON CENTER. 6. O SPONSORSHP ULL TERMNATE WHEN TRANEE S m RELEASE TO SPONSOR-. -CS> EPARTE TRANNG STATON FOR HOME OR THR COUNTRY, OR -C3> UPON TRANSFER TO RECEPTON CENTER. TRANSPORTATON AN LVNG ALLOWANCE FUN SETTLEMENT ULL BE MAE BY THE CURRENT TRANNG STATON N ACCORANCE WTH ESTABLSHE AV/MAP/MASF PROCEURES. 1. THE MLTARY APARTMENTS ARE REÖUESTE TO PROVE ANY SPECAL PROBLEMS OR CRCUMSTANCES WHCH ARE NOT COVERE BY THE FOREGONG NSTRUCTONS. 1. ACTON ARESSEES ARE ALSO REÖUESTE TO REPORT PROMTLY TO OAS-CCOMPTROLLER-, ATTN: MR. VON MARBO THE NAME-. COUNTRY-, SPOSTON-. AN ATA OF ALL TRANEES EPENENTS TRANSFERRE FROM O SPONSORSHP. 11. EPARTMENT OF STATE CONCURS. ACTON ARESSEE AMO «UNCLASSFE «ft**«**«*««**«*«*««! : 81

92 *. -.»««««je««««*«*««««unclassfe * ««««««ft«*«*« t!! SlbSflZ JUL 75 Fn JCS UASHC TO CNCPAC HONOLULU H NFO SECEF UASHC CSA UASHC CNO UASHC CSAF UASHC CMC UASHC AMEB BANGKOK J-l SENS SUBJ: US ARME FORCES RECRUTMENT OF CAMBOAN AN VETNAMESE EVACUEES 1. N RESPONSE TO YOUR REÖUEST, THE AMEMB BANGKOK NÖURY AS TO ELGBLTY OF EVACUEES FOR ENLSTMENT N THE US ARME FORCES UAS REFERRE TO OS FOR ETERMNATON. 2. AS-CMRA> HAS PROVE A COPY OF THE MEMORANUM OF 2 JUN 75 TO THE MLTARY EPARTMENTS UHCH ESTABLSHE THE POLCES TO BE FOLLOUE N RECRUTNG BOTH CAMBOAN AN VETNAMESE REFUGEES NTO THE MLTARY SERVCE- A COPY HAS BEEN FORWAR- E FOR YOUR NFOMATON. 3. BREFLY^ ENLSTMENT ELGBLTY S LMTE TO US CTZENS AN ALENS AMTTE FOR PERMANENT RESENCY. EVACUEES MUST OBTAN PERMANENT RESENCY STATUS AS REFUGEES OR THROUGH PRE- SCRBE MMGRATON PROCEURES. THE SERVCES ARE AUTHORZE TO SCREEN THOSE EVACUEES UHO HAVE BEEN PREVOUSLY TRANE BY OUR ARME FORCES AS UELL AS THOSE N TRANNG N THE UNTE STATES UHEN THER GOVERNMENTS FELL- THOSE MLTARLY flualfe CMENTAL PHYSCAL-! AN MORAL STANARS AS UELL AS SECURTY} AN ALSO ÖUALFE AS RESENT ALENS ULL BE GVEN ENLSTMENT PREFERENCE OVER NON-PROR SERVCE UNTE STATES CTZEN APPL- CANTS- ALL OTHER EVACUEES UTHOUT PROR US MLTARY TRANNG UHO ATTAN PERMANENT RESENCY STATUS WLL COMPETE UTH RES- ENT UNTE STATES APPLCANTS FOR ENLSTMENT. lo M. REFUGEE (JUOTAS FOR PERMANENT RESENCY ARE VERY LMTE AN REflURE A TUO YEAR UATNG PERO- REGULAR MMGRATON PROCEURES FOR OBTANNG PERMANENT RESENCY REÖURE THE CANATE HAVE AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT UHCH ULL NOT SPLACE A US CTZEN. ACTON ARESSEE AMO «ft«««»»«««»» «" UNCLASSFE ««ft««««««««««««82 *. - A,.-.. -,-^ ' ^

93 """' '. -sj.ä^.s.r.a. ^- -. yww'ff" ^^,'^'1? '^^ffl^yw^w^y^^ng^^vw.^^hwb j.ya^jbbp :. ANNEX ü u 1 nteragency Task Force for ndochna. ocumentaton CONTENTS 1. epartment of State message, dated 18 May 1975, on the gudance and procedures for processng ndochnese refugees 84 L 2. nteragency Task Force message, dated 5 June 1975, acknowledgng the efforts undertaken by the Servces to support sponsorshp 9 3. nteragency Task Force memorandum, dated 8 June 1975, outlnng gudance on sponsorshp and resettlement ncludng HEW actvtes epartment of State message, dated 3 November 1975, on procedures for parole of Vetnamese and Cambodan refugee after 31 October 11 1: l 83

94 JJJJWgKJWBWSJfWWS T^pT-r-^nt'^r^ ~ ß Ü 1! P 1 fqsslz MAY 75 Ffl SECSTATE UASHC TO SECEF JCS EPT OF TRANSPORTATON 1>EPT OF JUSTCE CA TREASURY NS USA CG CAMP PENLETON CA CG FORT CHAFFEE AR CG EGLN AFB FL NFO CNCPACREP GUAM SUBJECT: PURPOSE: «UNCLASSFE ft*«««««««*«««««processng OF NOCHNESE REFUGEES THS MESSAGE ESTABLSHES GULNES AN PROCEURES FOR PROCESSNG NOCHNESE REFUGEES ÖUCKLY THROUGH THE RECEPTON AREAS N THE UNTE STATES UHLE STLL NSURNG THAT THE REFUGEES ARE PROPERLY RESETTLE AN THAT THE SPONSORSHP CAN TAKE THE FORM OF AN OFFER OF SUPPORT-. EMPLOYMENT OR «BOTH. HOWEVER, THE SPONSOR MUST ALSO BE REAY TO HELP THE REFUGEE WTH SOME OF THE LESS TANGBLE ASPECTS OF RESETTLEMENT SUCH AS AJUSTMENT TO A NE CULTURE-. ACflUANTNG THE REFUGEE WTH AMERCAN LAU AN REflUREMENTS- SPONSORSHP S NOT A FORMAL, LEGAL COMMTMENT. HOWEVER-. THE SPONSOR UNERTAKES A CLEAR MORAL COMMTMENT TO HELP THE REFUGEE TO THE BEST OF HS ABLTY. ts ] SPONSORSHP REflUREMENTS: A SPONSOR-. N CONJUNCTON WTH AN APPROPRATE VOLAG-. WLL BE EXPECTE TO: 1. RECEVE THE REFUGEE AN HS FAMLY 2. PROVE SHELTER AN FOO-. UNTL THE REFUGEE BECOMES SELF-SUFFCENT. SHELTER NEE NOT BE N THE RESENCE OF THE SPONSOR BUT MUST BE AEflUATE 3. PROVE CLOTHNG AN POCKET MONEY^ M. PROVE ASSSTANCE N FNNG EMPLOYMENT AN N SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR CHLREN, S. COVER ORNARY MECAL COSTS OR MECAL NSURANCE-»»««««je«««»» «UNCLASSFE * ft«*«*«««****««««84

95 ... "'F^TO^fl^^W? ^.^»»^^ETppff?^ vr.^wv''^<^wg^.^ffw>«l^y^r^ww^ s 1 «UNCLASSFE «««»««««««««ft*»»«once EflPLOYMENT S OBTANE THE SPONSOR ULL ASSST THE REFUGEE TO LOCATE PERMANENT HOUSNd ACÖURE HNMAL FURNTURE AN ARRANGE FOR UTLTES. PROCESSNG OF REFUGEES BY CATEGORY: THE FOLLOWNG PROCEURES WLL APPLY FOR THE PROCESSNG OF VAROUS REFUGEE CATEGORES. 1. REFUGEES WTHOUT SPONSORS. VOLUNTARY AGENCES WLL PLAY THE MAJOR ROLE N RESETTLNG REFUGEES BY MATCHNG THEM WTH SPECFC SPONSORS BY OBTANNG THE PLEGES OF NVUALS CHURCHES OP COMMUN- TY GROUPS TO RESETTLE THE REFUGEES AN BY MATCHNG OTHER OFFERS OF SPONSORSHP THAT ARE NOT SPECFC AS TO PERSONS OR FAMLY. -CANNEX A> THE EPARTMENT OF STATE HAS RECEVE A NUMBER OF OFFERS FOR SPONSORSHP EMPLOYMENT, HOUSNG AN MATERAL ASSSTANCE. THESE OFFERS WLL BE MA.^E AVALABLE TO THE VOLAGS FOR VERFCATON AN FOLLOW?; *LAR OFFERS RECEVE AT THE RECEPTON CENTERS '!! Z REFERRE TO VOLUNTARY AGENCY REPRESENTATVES AT THE. ' ^JS. 2. REFUGEES SPECFCALLY NAME BY A SPONSOR. Ü OFFERS TO SPONSOR A NAME NVUAL OR FAMLY WHCH CAN BE MATCHE WTH REFUGEES OF THE SAME NAME AT THE CAMPS SHOUL BE REFERRE TO A VOLAG FOR VERFCATON- BECAUSE OF THE SMLARTY OF VETNAMESE NAMES, THE VOLAG SHOUL FRST VERFY THAT THE CORRECT REFUGEES HAVE BEEN LOCATE. N CASES WHERE A SPONSOR HAS NAME A SPECFC FAMLY OR THE REFUGEE HAS NAME A PROPOSE SPONSOR, THE VOLAG WLL MAKE APPROPRATE NÖURES OF THE SPONSOR TO CONFRM HS WLLNGNESS TO HELP THE REFUGEE AN TO VERFY THE PLANS FOR RESETTLNG THE REFUGEE. THE RESPONSBLTES THE SPONSOR S ASSUMNG WLL BE EXPLANE TO THE SPONSOR. AS REQURE, THE VOLAG WLL ARRANGE FOR A LOCAL CHECK TO ETERMNE NSOFAR AS POSSBLE WHETHER THE SPONSOR HAS THE MEANS NEEE FOR SPONSORSHP. «UNCLASSFE * «««««««ft««««85

96 1. 1 Ü L! * UNCLASSFE *»«ft»«*««««««*«prospectve SPONSORS SHOUL BE REflUESTE TO SEN A STATEMENT OR TELEGRAM TO THE NVUAL REFUGEE N CARE OP THE AMERCAN RE CROSS AT THE LOCAL CAMP OR TO CERTFY TO THE VOLAG REPRESENT1TVE N THE SPONSOR'S LOCALTY THAT HE UNERSTANS THE OBLGATONS OF SPONSORSHP AN hllll MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVE OR ASSST THE NAME REFUGEES N OBTANNG HOUSNG^ EMPLOYMENT AN OTHER ASSSTANCE dhch ULL LEA TO SELF-SUFFCENCY- STATEMENT SHOUL BE SGNE AN CONTAN ARESS AN TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SPONSOR. UE ARE ASKNG THE VOLAGS TO PUBLCZE THE AVALABLTY OF THER RECT-NAME SPONSORSHP SERVCE- -CANNEX B> F THE SPONSOR S ETERMNE TO BE RESPONSBLE BY THE VOLAG-. NS ULL AUTHORZE THE RELEASE OF THE REFUGEE FROM CAMP- THOSE CASES CONSERE OUBTFUL BY THE VOLAG ULL BE REJECTE AN THE REFUGEE ULL BE RESETTLE BY OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCEY EFFORTS- 3. REFUGEES UTH NEPENENT MEANS- CERTAN REFUGEES MAY HAVE ACCESS TO PERSONAL RESOURCES UHCH ULL ENABLE THEM TO BE SELF-SUSTANNG- THESE REFUGEES MAY REdURE ONLY BREF COUNSELLNG TO RECT THEM TO A RESETTLEMENT LOCATON- A SNGLE AULT OR FAMLY UTH AT LEAST ONE AULT UTH FACLTY N ENGLSH-. VOCATONAL SKLLS AN A GENERAL EA OF A RESETTLMENT LOCATON CAN MEET THE SELF-SUSTANNG TEST F THE FAMLY HAS AVERAGE RESOURCE OF OLS OG PER CAPTA-. EXCLUSVE OF TRANSPORTATON. A BOAR AT EACH CAMP COMPRSE OF OFFCALS OF STATE-. NS AN HEU ULL MAKE THE ETERMNATON OF SELF-SUFFCENCY AN AUTHORZE RELEASE FROM CAMP- REFUGEES ETERMNE TO HAVE AEflUATE PERSONAL FUNS SHOUL NOT BE MANTANE AT CAMPS AT USG EXPENCE ONCE SECURTY CHECKS ARE COMPLETE- THE BOAR ULL NTERVEU THE REFUGEE AN ETERMNE UHETHER HE CAN AEflUATELY MEET THE ABOVE TEST OF SELF-SUFFCENCY- F HE OES-. HE ULL BE CERTFE FOR EPARTURE FROM CAMP UTHOUT REFERRAL TO A VOLUNTARY AGENCY AN UTHOUT THE REflUREMENT FOR SPONSORSHP- ft««««*««««««««** «UNCLASSFE * ««««t»«*»«««86 ; * <

97 : r. «UNCLASSFE * ft*««*««*««m. RELATVES OF AHERCAN CTZENS AN PERtUNENT ALENS. HEU UTH THE ASSSTANCE OF THE RE CROSS (JLL VERFY THE WLLNGNESS AN ABLTY OF THE NAflE RELATVE TO ÖUOTE SPONSOR UNÖUOTE AN RESETTLE THE REFUGEES. ONCE CONFRME NS WLL RELEASE THOSE REFUGEES WTHOUT AN ATONAL SPONSORSHP REÖUREMENT. F HEW ECES THE SPONSOR S UNABLE TO CARE FOR THE REFUGEES THE CASE WLL BE PASSE TO AN ACCRETE VOLUNTARY AGENCY FOR PROCESSNG. ÖUOTE RELATVES UNflUOTE OF U-S. CTZENS NCLUES SPOUSE. PARENTS. GRANPARENTS. CHLREN. GRANCHLREN. UNMARRE SBLNGS AN HANCAPPE EPENENTS. ^ m S. OFFERS BY FORMER EMPLOYERS. F SPONSORSHP S OFFERE BY A FORMER EMPLOYER. THE OFFER WLL BE REVEWE BY THE BOAR ESTABLSHE UNER SECTON 3 AN F THE FORMER EMPLOYER S EEME TO BE RESPONSBLE - A MAJOR CORPORATON. CHARTABLE GROUP OR USG - THE REFUGEE WLL BE RELEASE TO THE EMPLOYER WTHOUT VOLUNTARY AGENCY ASSSTANCE. F THE EMPLOYER CAN NOT OFFER THE FULL RANGE OF SPONSOR SERVCES. HE SHOUL BE PUT N TOUCH WTH AN APPROVE RESETTLEMENT VOLUNTARY AGENCY. F AN EMPLOYER PROPOSESES TO SEN THE REFUGEE OUTSE THE UNTE STATES TO WORK. THE REFUGEE SHOUL CONSULT WTH NS TO ENSURE THAT APPROPRATE TRAVEL AN RE-ENTRY OCUMENTS ARE SSUE. b. TRAVEL. THE REFUGEE MAY TRAVEL AT HS OWN EXPENCE. THE EXPENCE OF HS SPONSOR. OR GOVERNMENT EXPENCE. GOVERNMENT-PA TRAVEL SHOUL NOT BE RELE UPON AN AT A MNMUM. PARTAL PAYMENT BY THE SPONSOR OR REFUGEE SHOUL BE ATTEMPE. HOWEVER. GOVERNMENT PA TRAVEL S PREFERRE OVER JEOPARZNG SPONSORSHP OR EPRVNG THE REFUGEE OF ESSENTAL FUNS REflURE FOR RESETTLEMENT. N ORER TO ETERMNE ELGBLTY FOR GOVERNMENT TRAVEL EXPENSES. THE ASSETS OF THE REFUGEE OR SPONSOR SHOUL BE VERFE BY HEW BEFORE TRAVEL S AUTHORZE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. «ft«*«**«****«*««** «UNCLASSFE * »«««»»«««ft W-- wammmmmmmmmmmmm 'SwuH»*mmw-*mmaBKMmtHKKltnBMKMKKBtlB& 87

98 1., l CLEARANCES: * UNCLASSFE» THS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARE bllth APPROPRATE GOVERNMENT AGENCES AN HAS BEEN CUSSE WTH THE VOLUNTARY AGENCES. ANNEX A: VOLAG STATEMENT ATE: TO: RECTOR MMGRATON AN NATURALZATON SERVCE CAMP RE: NAMES A NUMBER THE ABOVE NAME REFUGEES ARE APPROVE TO BE MOVE FOR RESETTLEMENT TO UNER THE AUSPCES OF SNCERELY YOURS CC: HEU tname AN) TTLE OF ESGNATNG VOLAG REPRESENTTVEJ ANNEX B: NAME SELECTE SPONSORS SEN TELEGRAM STATNG!: ; ULL MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT TO PROVE OR ASSST N OBTANNG HOUSNG EMPLOYMENT AN OTHER ASSSTANCE UHCH ULL LEA TO SELF-SUFFCENCY FOR THE FOLLOUNG NVUALS: SGNE: ARESS: TELEPHONE: «UNCLASSFE «88

99 »! 1; 1 REQUEST TOLL - RE CROSS VLA6S «UNCLASSFE «SEN T TO REFUGEE C/O RE CROSS ANNEX C: SAHPLE OF GOVERNMENT TRAVEL REflUEST STATEMENT f J fluote AS NCATE BY MY SGNATURE BELOl) O HERE BY CERTFY THAT O NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FUNS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE TRANSPORTATON TO MY ESTNATON. FURTHER-. UNERSTAN THAT MY FALURE TO SO ECLARE SUCH FUNS AS AVALABLE MAY HAKE ME LABLE FOR REPAYMENT AT A LATER ATE UNÖUOTE PONTS: THS STATEMENT MAY BE ON A COMBNE MANFEST OR NVUAL STATEMENTS MAY BE SGNE«KSSNGER ACTON ARESSEE AMO u 1; * UNCLASSFE * 89

100 f, Ü 1 : l» UNCLASSFE «52132 JUN 75 Ffl SECSTATE UASHK TO EPT ARMY EPT TREASURY EPT JUSTCE EPT NTEROR EPT LABOR EPT HEALTH EUCATON AN WELFARE EPT HOUSNG AN URBAN EVELOPMENT EPT TRANSPORTTATON SUBJECT: SPONSORSHP OF REFUGEES REF: A 3512 JUN 75 FROM JULA VAALA TAFT-. RECTOR-. NTERA6ENCY TASK FORCE TREASURY FOR FOSTER COLLNS JUSTCE FOR MARK WOLF NTEROR FOR EflMETT RCE LABOR FOR MAURCE HLL HEU FOR ON UORTMAN HU FOR ABNER SLBERHAN TRANSPORTATON FOR GEN. AVS 1. ATF WSHES TO EXPRESS TS APPRECATON TO EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AN EPT. OF THE NAVY FOR THE NTATVES TAKEN N REFTEL WHCH WLL ASSST N THE RESETTLEMENT OF NOCHNA REFUGEES. B. YOUR CONTNUE SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAM AN NTATVES SUCH AS WERE TAKEN BY OS-. AS WELL AS THOSE WHCH WE UNER- STAN ARE BENG FORMULATE BY OTHER A ELEMENTS-. SHOUL SERVE AS MOELS FOR OTHER AGENCES AN EPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT. 3. PLEASE PASS MY PERSONAL THANKS TO THOSE NVOLVE. KSSNGER ACTON ARESSEE AMO «««ft«««««««««««* ' «UNCLASSFE «9 _.

101 . : EPARTMENT OF STATE Washngton,.C. 252! 1: j MEMORANUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: SEE STRBUTON June 8, 1975 Jula Vadala Taft, rector nter-agency Task Force ATF Gudance on Sponsorshp and Resettlement The attached materal provdes general nformaton and gudance on sponsorshp and resettlement actvtes. The followng nformaton s contaned n ths package: 1. Health, Educaton, Welfare and Medcal Assstance Gudelnes; 2. ndvdual Sponsorshp Gudance; 3. State and Local Sponsorshp Gudance; 4. Local Organzaton Sponsorshp Gudance; 5. Updated Q A's. [Wthdrawn] ü G G Please utlze ths materal to respond to nqures concernng settlement and sponsorshp. Attachments: A/S STRBUTON: ATF Fort Chaffee Egln AFB Camp Pendleton ndantown Gap Guam 91

102 -... ; - 1;, : 1. EUCATON 1. Language Tranng at the Recepton Centers Language tranng s presently beng provded by personnel of the voluntary agences at the centers, other volunteers, and by Federal and State educaton personnel. n nstances where a State does not have the capablty of mountng a complete program or where t s otherwse napproprate for the State to do so, the epartment wll provde language tranng drectly through a prvate contractor. 2. Other Educaton and Tranng Actvtes at the Recepton Centers 4 K U L n ; The epartment of Labor n cooperaton wth State and local manpower/employment agences s presently provdng job counselng to all heads of households desrng such assstance. The counselors advse on needed retranng or updatng of job credentals. Ths ser v, ce also ncludes nformaton on emploment possbltes 1 the areas to whch they wll be movng, usng the e^^rtment of Labor's Job Bank whch lsts job openngs natonwde categorzed by geographcal [sc] skll and type of job. 3. School strcts enrollng Large Numbers of Refugee Chldren n order to provde transtonal assstance to school dstrcts enrollng hgh concentratons of refugees,.the epartment of Health, Educaton and Welfare s developng procedures to help defray specal costs whch may be ncurred, partcularly for Englsh language nstructon. These procedures wll be developed n the very near future, n tme to assst local school dstrcts n ther plannng for the comng school year. 4. Servces for School strcts A natonal clearnghouse for nformaton on specal teachng resources and materals s now beng establshed. t wll dssemnate nformaton to States and school dstrcts descrbng materals and resources whch are partcularly approprate for the language nstructon and cultural orentaton of the refugee chldren. n nstances 92

103 »-» t Ü 1 1:1 : where teachng materals have been desgned especally to meet the needs of these chldren, the clearnghouse wll dstrbute these materals drectly to the States and school dstrcts. 5. Student Assstance to Refugees Wshng to Pursue Postsecondary Educaton The Basc Educatonal Opportunty Grants (BEOG) program and the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program, whch provde drect fnancal assstance to college, unversty, and postsecondary vocatonal students pursung ther studes at accredted nsttutons, wll be avalable to refugees who meet the requrements of the programs. These fundng opportuntes wll also be avalable for Vetnamese and Cambodan students who were studyng n ths country at the tme of the fall of ther respectve governments and who wsh to reman here. HEALTH Health problems whch exceed the capabltes of on-ste medcal resources are the responsblty of the Publc Health Servce. Publc Health Servce Hosptals and Clncs have been desgnated to provde or arrange and pay for necessary off-ste health care, and specfc Publc Health Servces Hosptals at San Francsco, New Orleans, and Baltmore have been desgnated as the referral unts for the recepton centers. When requred servces are not avalable n Publc Health Servce facltes or when other consderatons, such as separaton of a famly unt s nvolved, care may be authorzed by Publc Health Servce contract or n other communty facltes. Upon release from the recepton centers and resettlement n communtes, drect responsblty for medcal servces to the ndochnese refugees by the epartment of efense and Publc Health Servces termnates, and health care must be obtaned through communty resources and facltes. n those cases where the refugees wth help of ther sponsors are unable to obtan health nsurance. State Medcal Assstance s avalable to cover medcal 93

104 ü l 1 1 c 1 servces. Sponsors can assst the refugee n regsterng for medcal assstance at local agences where exstng State elgblty crtera regardng the ncome and assets of the refugee wll be appled. WELFARE AN MECAL ASSSTANCE The epartment of Health, Educaton and Welfare encourages maxmum coordnaton between State agences, prvate organzatons, and sponsors n the resettlement effort. n ths way, coordnated efforts can be developed and maxmum utlzaton made of prvate and voluntary efforts to help the refugees become self-supportng resdents of the State. However, n order to meet the emergency needs of refugees f sponsorshp arrangements do not work out, and to avod a burden on State or local resources, welfare and medcal assstance wll be made avalable to refugees wth lttle or no ncome or resources regardless of the composton of the famly. Under the ndochna Mgraton and Refugee Assstance Act of 1975, the Socal and Rehabltaton Servce of the epartment of Health, Educaton and Welfare wll pro 1 - vde States wth 1 percent rembursement for welfare and medcal assstance to needy Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees. Full rembursement wll also be provded for admnstratve costs ncurred by State welfare agences n the provson of such assstance. n addton, wthn lmtatons to be defned, 1 percent rembursement wll be provded for socal servces whch are ntended to enable refugees to become self-supportng. To avod complete breakdowns n the sponsorshp of refugees, medcal assstance wll be made avalable to needy refugees even though they do not receve fnancal assstance. Ths wll enable a sponsor who may not be able to meet major medcal needs whch occur to contnue to provde food, mantenance, shelter, and help n securng employment for a refugee famly. n general, the elgblty of refugees for welfare and medcal assstance wll be based on the same standards of need as apply to other resdents of the State, and the amount of assstance provded wll be based on the levels 94 > :...

105 .. of payment made under the State's program of ad to famles wth dependent chldren (AFC). Full gudelnes on welfare and medcal assstance wll be provded to the States early next week. o l : 95 V^;:'^:>- -'...

106 . 1: 1! SPONSORSHP! U Wth certan exceptons, refugees requre sponsors to assst n ensurng that the refugees do not become publc charges and to help each refugee make the transton from refugee to a self-suffcent member of hs communty. Sponsorshp can take the form of an offer of support, employment or both. However, the sponsor must also be ready to help the refugee wth some of the less tangble aspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new culture and a new way of lfe. Sponsorshp s not a formal, legal commtment. However, the sponsor undertakes a clear moral commtment to help the refugee to the best of hs ablty. A sponsor, workng through an approprate voluntary agency. State or local government unt wll be expected to: 1. Receve the refugee and hs famly; 2. Provde shelter and food, untl the refugee becomes self-suffcent. Shelter need not be n the resdence of the sponsor but must be adequate; 3. Provde clothng and pocket money; 4. Provde assstance n fndng employment and n school enrollment for chldren; 5. Cover ordnary medcal costs or medcal nsurance n order to meet emergency needs, refugee famles who are elgble may obtan medcal assstance through State Medcad programs. Ths assstance, however, n no way abrogates a sponsor's moral oblgaton to provde normal health assstance for refugee famles. Once employment s obtaned, the sponsor wll assst the refugee to locate permanent housng, acqure mnmal furnture and arrange for other necesstes. 96

107 ... l Ö! c o G!: MOEL FOR STATE AN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP SPONSORSHPS 1. AGREEMENT TO NTATE GROUP SPONSORSHP As a frst step, State and local governments nterested n undertakng group sponsorshp should brng together poltcal, busness, unon, church and voluntary leadershp to decde: --f group sponsorshp s desrable, -- what numbers of refugees can best be absorbed nto the area or communty (e«g» some consderatons are labor market, housng avalablty, and communty servces), -- how to organze a task force or approprate mechansm to coordnate the group sponsorshp. f there s enough leadershp consensus to move forward, an ntal contact should be made wth the Presdent's nteragency Task Force ( ). 2. ESTABLSHMENT OF A REFUGEE TASK FORCE Havng agreed to ntate group sponsorshp, and after prelmnary dscussons wth the Task Force, an operatonal coordnatng body, represent tve of publc and prvate sector organzatons, should be establshed to set up procedures n the context of a proposal to be dscussed n person wth the cvl coordnator of the resettlement center nearest you. 3. PROPOSAL SCUSSON WTH TASK FORCE The proposal wll be revewed and dscussed wth the Chef Cvlan Coordnator and hs senor staff at the resettlement center. f approved by ths group the State or local representatve returns to hs or her homeste. 4. ENTFCATON AN CERTFCATON OF SPONSORSHP The State or local Task Force should set up a system to solct sponsorshps. Such offers need to be checked n order to certfy the ablty of sponsor volunteers to perform sponsorshp responsbltes. Once an adequate number of certfed sponsorshp offers are certfed a Task Force representatve should return to the Resettlement Center. 97

108 , t. l SGN MEMORANUM OF AGREEMENT Memorandum between the State or local offcal and the three nteragency Task Force offcals wll be sgned confrmng the terms of the group sponsorshp polces and procedures. 6. SELECT REFUGEES AN ASSST N TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 1 - '. Wth the assstance of the Cvl Coordnator Staff, the State/local representatve wll select refugees to partcpate n the group sponsorshp and arrange for transportaton. The costs of transportaton of refugee famles from the Resettlement Center to the sponsor's locatons wll be borne by the Federal Government. 7. SUGGESTONS --State or local governments may wsh to consder formaton of a non-proft organzaton to admnster the resettlement program. The possblty of recevng tax-deductble contrbutons to defray non-rembursable admnstratve expenses mght be explored wth the nternal Revenue Servce. --n callng for sponsorshp offers, the State or local organzaton should concentrate on dentfyng actual famly sponsors, but should encourage ndvdual offers of housng, employment, clothng, etc. as part of the total sponsorshp program. These latter types of offers can be matched wth possble requrements of ndvdual famly sponsors. n u '. K

109 ; 1 1. MOEL FOR LOCAL ORGANZATON SPONSORSHP Organzatons who wsh to sponsor a number of refugees may wsh to use the followng procedure and checklst n preparng a program. A. Undertake a survey to determne the number and knds of jobs avalable n the communty for the refugees. B. etermne the approxmate number of famles who wll undertake the temporary housng and feedng of the newly arrved famles. Ths may also be done on a communty bass where two or three famles lvng n adjacent houses could handle a large famly by splttng the housng and support burden. Another plan could utlze publc and prvate facltes such as unused college housng and messng facltes or other centrally located buldngs for group support mantenance. Ö C. Sub-commttees should be formed to handle on the sngle-pont of contact bass the followng logstcs. 1. Contact wth the local voluntary agency beng asked to process'the famles. Lason wth the relocaton center provdng the refugees. Meetng refugees at arports or bus statons and provdng transport to sponsorng famly. 2. General orentaton to refugee famles such as the "welcome wagon" concept. Collecton of clothng and other lfe support tems donated by the communty. 3. Central pont of contact for refugees seekng employment. Telephone assstance for appontments, etc. 4. Brefngs and assstance regardng taxes - deductons - medcal nsurance, etc. Obtanng drvng permts - enrollment of chldren n schools. 5. Permanent housng assstance. When employment s secured by the refugee and he begns to have an ncome, the securng of permanent housng s a major step on hs road to self-suffcency. HU projects, FHA support, and/or communty-supported loans or rentals may be consdered. When your organzaton has famlarzed tself wth the above requrements soon to be needed by the refugee t s then tme to contact one or more of the volunteer oraganzatons. Your local chapter of a voluntary organzaton s the place to start. scuss wth ths local offce the type c 99.. :

110 . (.. *.,.... ^_. V fc.. _ ,! of ndvduals, sklls and quantty of refugees your organzaton s capable of handlng. We suggest your organzaton pcks out a plannng fgure based on your survey. f say, 1 famles are possble to resettle n your area, start wth 1 famles untl you gan experence. You can always go back for more. Major objectves of your efforts must be to assst the refugee to become self-suffcent and prevent hm from becomng a publc charge. ( ' 1

111 : Ü 1, L: r «UNCLASSFE « NOV 75 Ffl SECSTATE UASHC TO ALL PLOMATC AN CONSULAR POSTS PRORTY SUBJECT: PAROLE OF NOCHNESE REFUGEES AFTER OCTOBER FROM NOV 1 ON NO CAMBOAN OR VETNAMESE REFUGEE SHOUL BE MOVE TO US WTHOUT SPECFC AUTHORZATON FROM ORM. THS NCLUES REFUGEES FOR WHOM MOVEMENT PREVOUSLY AUTHORZE BUT UHO WERE UNABLE TO TRAVEL BEFORE OCTOBER 31 UE SEE REMANNG VETNAMESE AN CAMBOAN REFUGEE CASES AS FALLNG N THREE CATEGORES: A> THOSE N PROCESS AN FOR WHOM MOVEMENT HAS ALREAY BEEN AUTHORZE UHO ALREAY HAVE SPONSORS^ B> THOSE N PROCESS AN FOR UHOM MOVEMENT HAS ALREAY BEEN AUTHORZE UHO O NOT HAVE SPONSORS^ AN C> THOSE OUTSE CURRENT fluotas BUT WHOM POSTS ESRE TO RASE TO EPARTMENT'S ATTENTON«THE LAST CATEGORY WLL BE EALT UTH N SEPTEL- FOR THOSE VETNAMESE AN KHMER REFUGEES FALLNG UNER A> AN B> ABOVE. ENTRE AUTHORZA- TON PROCESS WLL UORK AS FOLLOWS: 5. F POST HAS NOT ALREAY ONE SO-. VSA FALCON MESSAGE SHOUL BE SUBMTTE ON ALL SUCH REFUGEES- ORM WLL NFORM POST WHEN VSA FALCON CLEARANCE COMPLETE- THS WLL NOT RPT NOT-. HOWEVER. BE AUTHORZATON FOR MOVEMENT- POSTS SHOUL NOTFY ORM OF VSA FALCON MESSAGES STLL PENNG ON THESE CASES- 3- N CASE OF REFUGEE WTH SPONSOR-. POST SHOUL NFORM ORM OF SPONSORSHP ATA AN CASE WLL BE ASSGNE TO VOLAG FOR VERFCATON OF SPONSORSHP- WHLE UE WLL NOT ELAY THESE CASES UNTL BO MESSAGES ARE SUBMTTE-. BO NFORMA- TON S OFTEN NECESSARY BEFORE SPONSOR VERFCATON CAN BE COMPLETE AN SHOUL BE SUBMTTE AS EXPETOUSLY AS POSSBLE BY POST- WHEN SPONSOR VERFCATON S COMPLETE-. ORM WLL NOTFY POST AN AUTHORZE SSUANCE OF LETTER OF PAROLE. POST MAY THEN ARRANGE TRAVEL OF REFUGEE RECT TO SPONSOR THROUGH CEM UNLESS T S ETERMNE THAT REFU- GEE FAMLY WOUL HAVE ASSETS N EXCESS OF OLS M-.Oa PER FAMLY MEMBER UPON ARRVAL N UNTE STATES- N LATTER CASE. TRAVEL COSTS MUST BE BORN BY REFUGEE PERSONALLY- * UNCLASSFE »»««««««««««ft 11 ^ ^ -

112 c ] L «UNCLASSFE» t*t***t*t****tt*tt H. N THE CASE OF REFUGEES WTHOUT SPONSORS FOR UHOfl MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AUTHORZE-. A BO MESSAGE WLL BE RE- (URE BEFORE THE CASE S ASSGNE TO A VLA6. BO ATA SHOUL NCLUE NAME-. POB-. RELGON-. STATE OF HEALTH-. EUCATON. SPECAL SKLLS AN QUALFCATONS. LANGUAGES-. OCCUPATONAL HSTORY AN CONNECTONS N US-. NCLUNG EUCATON. RELATVES OR FRENS. ORM (JLL PASS BO ATA TO A VOLAG. AFTER VOLAG NFORMS ORM THAT SPONSOR HAS BEEN LOCATE-. ORM WLL REflUEST POST TO ASK REFUGEE WHETHER SPONSOR ACCEPTABLE TO HM- WHEN POST NFORMS ORM THAT REFUGEE ACCEPTS SPONSOR-. ORM WLL ASK VOLAG TO VERFY SPONSOR FORMALLY. AFTER VOLAG NFORMS ORM THAT SPONSOR HAS BEEN FORMALLY VERFE-. ORM WLL AUTHORZE POST TO SSUE LETTER OF PAROLE. POST CAN THEN ARRANGE TRAVEL THROUGH CEM EXCEPT. AS NCATE ABOVE. N CASE OF REFUGEES WTH NEPENENT MEANS. S. POST SHOUL NFORM BOTH CEM AN REFUGEE OF NAME. ARESS AN PHONE NUMBER OF BOTH VOLAG AN SPONSOR. POST SHOUL ALSO SEN CABLE NFORMNG ORM AN NS AT PORT OF ENTRY OF TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. THS MESSAGE SHOUL NOT BE SENT UNTL SUCH ARRANGEMENTS FRM AN FNAL AUTHORZATON RECEVE FROM ORM. POST CABLE SHOUL SPECFY NAME. ARESS. AN PHONE NUMBER OF SPONSOR. b. POSTS SHOUL NOTE THAT OCTOBER 31 EALNE NOT APPLY TO LAOTAN REFUGEES FOR WHOM ABOVE PROCEURES ARE ALREAY N FORCE. KSSNGER!... fmmh * UNCLASSFE * 12

113 1. [1 ANNEX Operatng Procedures E CONTENTS Example of response prepared for the Chef of Staff, U.S. Army, to former senor Khmer and Vetnamese mltary personnel 14 Example of drect reply to ndvduals who nqured about the locaton of Cambodans or Vetnamese who could not be found Example of message format routnely used to refer general sponsorshp offers to resettlement centers n CONUS 16! 4. Example of message format routnely used to refer specfc sponsorshp offers to resettlement centers n CONUS 17 U Example of message format used to ntate standard locaton/sponsorshp nqures n resettlement centers under U.S. control 18 Example of message format used to ntate specal locaton/sponsorshp nqures n thrd countres through U.S. Mssons 19 L : 7. Facsmle of nqury form utlzed by JRCO to record sponsorshp or locaton case data, nformaton requests, and other actons ,.-..":, V..-1. '-u*^:.-jt.!-u* WJ. A».1 -

114 - l! : ear General... : UNTE STATES ARMY THE CHEF OF STAFF Ü G was certanly pleased to receve your letter of... and to learn that you and your famly are adaptng so well to your new lfe n wsh had somethng more encouragng to wrte regardng employment. Frst of all, fnd that you must obtan legal resdent alen status n the Unted States n order to be consdered for employment by any Federal agency. Grantng of such status to newly arrved Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees s a matter whch must be addressed n legslaton by the Unted States Congress. ntal ndcatons are that t wll probably be some tme before ths queston s resolved. For ths reason, your most promsng chances of fndng a meanngful, rewardng poston that utlzes your experence and sklls appear to be much better n the prvate sector than wth the Government at present. am deeply sorry that there s no way n whch can be of assstance to you personally, but do wsh you every success n all your endeavors. Sncerely, f**:. f Leutenant General... Street Address Cty, State or Country FRE C. WEYAN General, Unted States Army Chef of Staff 14

115 APE-PRO EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFCE OF THE EPUTY CHEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL WASHNOTON,.C. 231 : MAJ Mrs. Street Address Cty and State ear Major and Mrs : Sometme ago the Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce (JRCO) was notfed of your nterest n determnng whether or not certan ndvduals were among the ndochnese evacuees who came to the U.S. as part of the refugee resettlement program known as Operaton NEW ARRVALS. u L After routne checks of the computerzed data mantaned on the Vetnamese and Cambodan refugees by the nteragency Task Force for ndochna (ATF), JRCO has been unable to dentfy any records on the namecs) whch you forwarded. We regret that we were unable to assst you n locatng the person(s) you were seekng. Snce ths offce wll termnate actvtes on 31 January 1976, there s no further acton whch we can take on your behalf n ths matter. However, f you desre to make your contnung nterest known or should you have addtonal questons regardng the refugee resettlement effort, an nformaton paper and attached lst of Federal agences and Voluntary Agences are nclosed for your reference. Sncerely yours. /s/ Sabe M. Kennedy 1,1 3 ncl [Wthdrawn] 1. nformaton Paper 2. U.S. Government Ponts of Contact 3. Lst of Voluntary Agences SABE M. KENNEY, JR. Colonel, GS Chef, Army Element, JRCO ^oumoy 15

116 «««««ft«««««««*«*»««* «UNCLASSFE ««je««««««««*««««« n ll Ö : ; Ffl A UASHC//APE-PRO// TO CR FT CHAFFEE AR//SNR CV COOR// CR FT NANTOUN GAP PA//SNR CV COOR// CR CP PENLETON CA//SNR CV COOR// CR E6LN AFB FL//SNR CV COOR// NFO SECSTATE UASHC//ATF// SUBJECT: JRCO SPONSORSHP REFERRAL flsg NO {ARrY> 1. N AGREEHENT WTH THE NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE <ATF>n JRCO S SUBnTTNG THE NAME OF THE FOLLOMNG NVUAL UHO HAS NCATE AN NTEREST N BECOMNG A SPONSOR: NAHE:... ARESS: TELEPHONE: SSAN: REMARKS: CHORE} -EBUSNESS} 2. ESRE REFUGEE CHARACTERSTCS: 3. REflUEST THAT YOU PROVE THE ABOVE NFORMATON TO AN APPROPRATE VOLUNTARY AGENCY -CVOLAG} FOR EARL SPONSOR- SHP ACTON. <4. REflUEST THAT THS OFFCE BE PROVE WTH THE NAME OF THE VOLAG ESGNATE TO ASSST N THS SPONSORSHP/ RESETTLEMENT ACTON.»ft«««««*:»«* UNCLASSFE * ft*««««*«*«*«*«««16., j-r %.

117 » UNCLASSFE ««««««««««ft!. 1! FH A ASHC//APE-PRO// TO CR FT CHAFFEE AR//SNR CV COOR// CR FT NANTOUN GAP PA//SNR CV COOR// CR CP PENLETON CA//SNR CV COOR// CR EGLN AFB FL//SNR CV COOR// NFO SECSTATE UASHC//ATF// SUBJECT: JRCO SPONSORSHP REFERRAL MSG NO... -CARHY} 1. N AGREEMENT üth THE NTERAGENCY TASK FORCE UTFY, JRCO S SUBHTTNG THE NAPE OF THE FOLLOWNG NVUAL NAHE:... ARESS: TELEPHONE: SSAN: CHOHE> CBUSNESS> ÜH HAS NCATE THE ESRE TO SPONSOR THE REFUGEE«}/ REFUGEE FAMLY LSTE BELOl): Ü 2. REÖUEST THAT YOU PROVE THE ABOVE NFORMATON TO AN APPROPRATE VOLUNTARY AGENCY -CVOLAG} FOR EARLY SPONSOR- SHP ACTON. 3. REÖUEST THAT THS OFFCE BE PROVE UTH THE NAME OF THE VOLAG ESGNATE TO ASSST N THS SPONSORSHP/ RESETTLEMENT ACTON. ««ft««««**«*«««««** «UNCLASSFE *»»»»«ft»«»» 17 % *

118 , : Ü, J «UNCLASSFE * t****ttt*tt***tttt m A UASHC//APE-PRO// TO CR FT CHAFFEE AR//SNR CV COOR// CR FT NANTOUN GAP PA//SNR CV COOR// CR CP PENLETON CA//SNR CV COOR// CR EGLN AFB FL//SNR CV COOR// CNCPACREP GUAM HARANAS S//SNR CV COOR// CNCPACREP ÜAKE S//SNR CV COOR// CR NAVBASE SUBC BAY RP//N-1// NFO SECSTATE UASHC/ZATF// SUBJECT: JRCO REFUGEE LOCATOR HSG NO CARYl 1. THE FOLLOWNG NAME NVUAL HAS BEEN CHECKE AGANST ATF REFUGEE ATA BASE COMPUTER RECORS WTHOUT SUCCESS: NAME: 1 L RANK: BRANCH OF SERVCE:... u SEX:. OB:. FORMER CVLAN EMPLOYEE OF FOLLOWNG USG AGENCY: POB:. SPOUSE: OTHER REMARKS: F ABOVEMENTONE NVUAL S PRESENT AT YOUR FACLTY OR UHEREABUOTS CAN BE CONFRME PLEASE NOTFY JRCO REFERENCE CASE NO...-, TELEPHONCALLY -CAUTOVON: S27-Sn/CMMERCAL: 22 bt7-sno> OR BY MESSAGE TO EXPETE VERFCATON OF EVACUATON AN STATUS PENNG SPONSORSHP ACTON. *. UNCLASSFE «18 -.,, v 5. -

119 1. ü * UNCLASSFE * FH A llashc/zafe-pro// TO AflEflBASSY BANGCK//REFU6EE COOR// AHEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR/ZREFUGEE COOR// AHEMBASSY JAKARTA//REFUGEE COOR// AMEflBASSY SNGAPORE//REFUGEE COOR// AHEMBASSY MANLA/ZREFUGEE COOR// AHEMBASSY TAPE//REFU6EE COOR// AtlEMBASSY SEUL//REFU6EE COOR// AMEMBASSY TOCYO//REFUGEE COOR// USCONSULGEN HONG KONG//REFUGEE COOR// NFO SECSTATE UASHC/ZATF// SUBJECT: JRCO REFUGEE LOCATOR HSG NO. CARflY} 1. THE FOLLOWNG NAHE NVUAL HAS BEEN CHECKE AGANST ATF REFUGEE ATA BASE COMPUTER RECORS UTHOUT SUCCESS NAME: RANK: SEX:. OB:. BRANCH OF SERVCE:... FORMER CVLAN EMPLOYEE OF FOLLOWNG USG AGENCY: L POB:. SPOUSE:, 11 : [ OTHER REMARKS: B. F ABOVEMENTONE NVUAL S KNOÜN AT YOUR PLOMATC OR CONSULAR POST OR PRESENT LOCATON CAN BE CONFRME N LOCAL REFUGEE CAMPS OR CENTERS PLEASE NOTFY JRCO REFERENCE CASE NO...-. BY MESSAGE TO EXPETE VERFCATON OF EVACUATON AN STATUS FOR PENNG SPONSORSHP ACTON. «««««»«ft «UNCLASSFE ««»»««n»» * 19..^ ',-,!. -

120 JONT REFUGEE NFORMATON CLEARNG OFFCE Actcrcnce Number: - Record of Telephone or Verbal nqury - PERSON CALLNG: ARESS: Offce TELEPHONE: Home [nclude mltary rank, unt or organzaton, SSAN, etc.] TYPE OF NQURY: Ü (1) Request for nformaton on locaton of named refugee(s).* (2) Request for nformaton on sponsorshp requrements, assstance or support for refugees and related matters. (3) Offer to sponsor named refugee(s).* (4) Offer to sponsor refugee(s). [Lst detals of the offer, e.g., famly sze or number, VOLAG preference, etc.] (5) O Offer of assstance to refugee(s). [ndcate the knd of support or ad offered, e.g., housng, clothng, etc.] (6) Other. [Specfy the nature of the nqury under remarks.] *[Use reverse sde of form to lst all pertnent data on refugee(s).] LJ ü REMARKS: ß CALL RECEVE BY: ATE/TME: [11] ACTON COMPLETE BY: ATE/TME:

121 : «w X H O 4-1 O u CO (3 o c o H Ü OS w Q 2 Q l-h X 2 O cu OS e ^ o O +J «4-1 4) 13 H e c o O 4-> (S ce CÖTJ ) S o ) <P H o P U o a V). o tu m 3 m on a m O 2 O X u < M O Q 8 H o ^ O e.h o H > «o o f- o cd -H «J -» H CO 9 e o u o H +J CO at: o z [111] o t-h E- Q

122 ' ^ " ''' -'' ''! : ANNEX F ata Processng System Comment s [The followng nformaton has been extracted from "ATF ata Processng System: Summary ocument" prepared by Kent T. Anderson, pp. 4-7, 9-12, 14 and 15. For the complete ctaton on ths work see Bblography, Annex.] Background l :... One of tue frst actons whch had been taken by State epartment personnel was a revew of the 1956 Hungaran Refugee program fles. From ths revew, they dscovered BM had provded support to that program. A State epart-, ment offcal then contacted BM Corporate Management to determne f they would agan provde assstance. On May 2, 1975, BM contacted the Task Force and volunteered to make hardware, software, and servces avalable to the ATF, at no cost to the government. n addton, BM volunteered the use of a generalzed software package whch could be used mmedately to store and retreve needed nformaton on refugees. Ordnarly, tho lead tme to acqure hardware and develop the software needed for such a system would take sx to eghteen months. The ATF mmedately saw the benefts of an automated system and requested BM to proceed wth mplementaton. By May 9, 1975, BM had mplemented an operatonal ATF data processng system. The system, whch ncluded an BM 37/145 computer totally dedcated to the ATF, was located n the BM faclty at Bethesda, Maryland. BM upgraded the system n August, 1975, to a 37/158 computer whch was nstalled n the Computer Buldng at Wheaton, Maryland. n addton to hardware, software, and servces, BM also asssted wth the operaton of the system for more than one month. 112

123 Although the tme requred to mplement the system at Bethesda was phenomenally short, the system was handcapped to some extent due to the late start-up. By the tme the ATF assumed control of the system, more than 8, refugees had already entered the country. Nevertheless, the system was a valulable tool and once t became operatonal, the ATF recognzed ts potental value n other areas. Whle the system was needed for trackng and reportng the progress of refugee movement through the program, t was soon expanded to nclude nformaton about sponsors and the status of refugee clearance checks beng performed by the mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce (NS). BM's generalzed software package, consstng of three major components (CTCS, QRP, and MS), became the nucleus of the ata Processng System. However, programmers assgned to the ATF wrote numerous reportng programs to satsfy specal nformaton needs as they occurred. The data processng system establshed ncluded vdeo dsplay termnals and prnters nstalled at ATF offces at Wheaton, Maryland, and at the Unversal North Buldng n Washngton,.C. Smlar hardware was also nstalled at varous locatons across the country to support the thrteen Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS), the Refugee Camps, and [other Federal agences]... r!: The vdeo termnals and prnters enabled the users to access nformaton n the four basc fles and obtan hard copy prntouts of both refugee data and related statstcs. n addton to the hardware mentoned above. Remote Job Entry (RJE) card readers and hgh speed prnters (3 lnes per mnute, LPM) were nstalled at each of the refugee camps. That equpment was used for transmttng updates to the fles and for prntng volumnous reports.... the Computer Center had been operatng "around the clock", seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. The RJE Unts and the hgh speed prnters were operatonal twenty-four hours a day, however, the camps were not allowed to prnt at nght whle the fles were beng updated. The nformaton contaned n the fles was avalable to vdeo termnal users from 9: A.M. to 11: P.M., Monday through Saturday and 1: A.M. to 6: P.M. on Sundays. Batch updatng of the fles occurred nghtly durng the hours when the fles were not avalable to the vdeo termnal users

124 ata Collecton Process.!:. Ü The frst data to be collected on the ndochnese refugees occurred at Guam, whch was the stagng area for transportng refugees to camps n the Unted States. Although some refugees were receved at other stagng areas;.e., Wake, and Subc Bay, the general procedure was to move those people to Guam for processng. No data was captured at any stagng area other h&n Guam. Snce there were no standards and procedures avalable when the frst refugees were processed, the data collected at Guam was not unform. Essentally, the only useful nformaton captured was: 1) Refugee's arrval date at Guam 2) Refugee's name 3) Age 4) Sex 5) ate of depature from Guam 6) eparture flght number The Guam fle created from ths data was never used to any large extent due to ts lmtatons. Also, the camps collected much more extensve nformaton on each refugee when they arrved from Guam. The data collected at the camps was accomplshed usng an eleven card computer nput form. The Evacuee Fle created from that data was wdely used throughout the program. t contaned such nformaton on each refugee as: 1) personal and famly related data 2) educaton 3) language profcency 4) sklls 5) fnancal condton 6) medcal status 7) etc. The data n the Evacuee Fle was desgned to provde current nformaton about each refugee throughout the relocaton process. Snce a refugee's status could frequently change,.e., movng from one bllet to another, etc., data was collected untl the refugee had obtaned a sponsor and completed fnal out processng. 114

125 . 1, 1,, G Two other knds of data were also collected and mantaned by the ATF. They were: 1) mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce data, and 2) Sponsorshp data The mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce (NS) had the responsblty of clearng all refugees accepted for relocaton wthn the Unted States. ntally, the NS had ntended to assgn each refugee an NS Alen Number at the camp. At the same tme, they also ntended to collect the nformaton needed to ntate the clearance process. However, new legslaton was passed by the Unted States Congress prohbtng refugees from beng released wthout a sponsor. The NS had been operatng under the assumpton that the clearance process could be completed after the refugee had been relocated. The NS decded to move ther operaton to Guam n an attempt to ntate the revew process at the earlest possble tme. The NS dd not want the clearance process to mpede the release of refugees from the camps. However, several thousand refugees had already passed through Guam before the NS team was establshed at that locaton. The new legslaton also expanded the number of agences to be ncluded n the clearance process. A clearance could only be granted f there were no derogatory comments from any of the agences nvolved n the clearance procedure. The NS was faced wth a dffcult stuaton snce they were requred to provde data and collect responses from sx agences for more than 63, refugees. An NS clearance was not requred for those refugees fourteen years of age or younger, except n the case of the rug Enforcement Admnstraton, whch performed a check on every refugee. Those agences nvolved n the clearance procedures were: 1; ; 1) The epartment of efense (O) 2) The State epartment 3) The Central ntellgence Agency (CA) 4) The mmgraton and Naturalzaton Servce (NS) 5) The rug Enforcement Agency (EA) 6) The Federal Bureau of nvestgaton (FB) The FB performed securty checks on those refugees over fourteen years of age who had prevously been n the Unted States. 115 l J.A..-. j...,, '-,..: ^t-.*

126 - ' l 1. : Once the NS had receved responses from all the nvolved agences, they would update ther Central ndex Fle, ndcatng the refugee was cleared. They would also ensure the clearance was ndcated n the refugee's folder whch was normally kept at some decentralzed locaton near the refugee. Essentally, the only data n the NS Fle was the refugee's name, date of brth, country of brth, "A Number", and the code for the NS offce conductng the clearance check. The presence of an NS record on the NS Fle ndcated a refugee was cleared. The nformaton n the record was needed prmarly to dentfy the refugee and to serve as a cross reference to other nformaton about the refugee contaned n the Evacuee and Sponsor Fles. When the NS procedure had been completed and a refugee was cleared, the NS would send a machne generated card to the ATF P staff at the Computer Center n Wheaton, Maryland. The staff at the ata Center would then create an NS record for each cleared refugee. There were no NS records on the NS Fle for refugees who were not cleared. The last type of data collected and mantaned by the ATF related to sponsors and potental sponsors. The Sponsor Fle orgnated because most refugees could not be released from the camps wthout a sponsor. Early n the Refugee Relocaton Program, the ATF establshed a polcy that each refugee must have a sponsor to be released unless he fell nto an exceptonal category,.e., had frends, money, or other means of ensurng he could mmedately become a productve member of a communty. The Task Force took varous ntatves throughout the program to obtan sponsors. Early n the program they solcted sponsors through rado and televson announcements. When a potental sponsor nqured, the Task Force would collect certan essental nformaton about hm, usually by telephone. Ths nformaton was recorded on a form enttled "Sponsorshp nformaton Format". Ths data was prepared for nput to the computer and became the bass for the Sponsor Fle. The job of preparng the data for nput to the computer became a szeable task, therefore, the ATF contracted support to accomplsh ths functon from [Systems, Analyss, nstrumentaton, evelopment (SA), nc.]. The sponsorshp follow-up tasks,.e., obtanng addtonal nformaton on potental sponsors and matchng acceptable sponsors wth compatble refugees also requred substantal resources. The ATF contracted wth thrteen Voluntary Agences (VOLAGS) to obtan addtonal assstance n ths area. 116 tl \ f--'.^.^^l..» :.

127 '.''-' 1 1 As an ncentve, the VOLAGS were guaranteed $5. for each refugee they could place wth an acceptable sponsor. The search for acceptable sponsors was [contnued]... and whenever a new sponsor was dentfed, he was added to the Sponsor Fle.... One major problem throughout the program was the accuracy and consstency of the data collected. The ATF spent consderable tme and effort upgradng some of the data collected ntally. Many problems could have been avoded f every refugee had been assgned a standard NS number as a frst-step n the processng cycle. The NS number could have served as the refugee's dentfcaton number throughout the relocaton process. Ths was partcularly true snce t had to be mantaned for later use n the processng cycle. The Guam.. numbers and the camp.. numbers assgned were not consstent and therefore not properly mantaned. When refugees were moved from one camp to another to be reunted wth ther famles, new dentfcaton numbers were assgned. The lack of standardzaton relatve to assgnment and use of the dentfcaton number resulted n duplcaton and erroneous nformaton beng added to the fles early n the program. - 4,! ;

128 . 1 ANNEX G Statstcs CONTENTS [Note: The statstcal data reflected n the dagrams.and tables contaned n ths secton represent only the cases and nqures receved by the Army Element, JRCO. The other Servces mantaned separate fles and used dfferent reportng formats to tabulate ther volume of actvtes.] 1 r \ ' 1 Fgure 1. Fgure 2. 1 Fgure 3. f 1 h Fgure 4. Number of sponsorshp/locaton cases receved by week of operaton (4 June January 1976) 119 Number of refugees or refugee famles sought by week of operaton (4 June January 1976) 12 Number of cases receved and refugees sought by mltary status of nqurer and ther relatonshp 121 Number of cases receved and refugees sought by mltary status and geographcal locaton of nqurer : s

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133 ! ANNEX H Personnel :. The followng lst contans the names, mltary bographcal data, and postons held by each of the members of the Army Element, JRCO. An accompanyng dagram' ndcates the mannng level of the Army Element together wth the dates of the tours of duty performed by offcer and enlsted personnel. Those ndvduals who served were: COL Sabe M. Kennedy, CA. ÜSAR Control Group (Mob es). Coordnator, JRCO, and Chef, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 814; assgned as Assstant eputy rector, Operatons rectorate, OCSOPS, HQA.]! LTC Phlp. Coleman, CA. 352d Cvl Affars Command. Plans Offcer, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 2162; assgned as Publc Affars Offcer, 352d Cvl Affars Command..] LTC Martn E. Perce, M. USAR Control Group (Mob es). Plans Offcer, Array Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 93; assgned as ntellgence Offcer to the Foregn Scence and Technology Center.] MAJ Wllam Stockton, Jr., M. USAR Control Group (Mob es). Plans Offcer, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 93; assgned as Psychologcal Operatons Staff Offcer, Operatons rectorate, OCSOPS, HOA.] fl 1: 1. MAJ Peggy E. Ready, AG. USAR Control Group (Mob es). Plans Offcer, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 226; assgned as Personnel Staff Offcer, Offce of the rector of the Women's Army Corps, OCSPER, HQA.] CPT Wllam L. Yarborough, N. USAR Control Group (Renf) Plans Offcer, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 1542.] CPT Robert A. Slano, N. USAR Control Group (Mob es). Plans Offcer, Army Element, JRCO. [PMOS: 935; assgned as Psychologcal Operatons Staff Offcer, Operatons rectorate, OCSOPS, HQA.] 123

134 ... : : 1 SP5 Wllam A. Stll, USAR. 352d Cvl Affars Command. Admnstratve Assstant, Army Element, JRCO. SP5 enns Partan, RA. HQ Student Company/ASAP, Sutland Staton, Maryland. Admnstratve Assstant, Army Element, JRCO. [On 114 days TY to JRCO and permanently assgned to the Personnel Actons and Records rectorate, U.S. Army Mltary Personnel Center.] SP4 Legh A. MacKerchar, USAR. 3th Cvl Affars Group. Admnstratve Assstant, Army Element, JRCO. L SP4 Lnda F. McLean, RA. HQ Company WAC, Fort Myer. Admnstratve Assstant, Army Element, JRCO. [On 1 days TY to JRCO and permanently assgned to the Personnel nformaton Systems rectorate, U.S. Army Mltary Personnel Center.] L Ü ; : 124

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136 ; :., o G ANNEX Bblography Anderson, Kent T. "ATF ata Processng System: Summary ocument." Washngton,.C.: nteragency Task Force for ndochna, ecember 22, 197S. [51 p.] [n addton to the "Summary ocument" seventeen packages of supportng nformaton coverng the data collecton process, program software, computer operatons, and computer system hardware and software are attached to ths report prepared by the ATF computer faclty whch operated at Wheaton, Maryland. Of partcular nterest are the crtques of the use made of the system by each of the refugee resettlement centers and the recommendatons for future data processng systems utlzed to support refugee management.] Brady, J. P. "nteragency Task Force for the Relocaton of ndo-chnese Evacuees: Termnal Users Gude." Gathersburg, Maryland: nternatonal Busness Machnes Corporaton, Federal Systems vson, August 15, [61 p.] [A manual n layman's terms for those not famlar wth data processng for use wth the records contaned n the computerzed ATF fles.] McHugh, Catherne, and Joyce Valet. "ndochnese Refugees." (ssue Bref Number 1B7547) Washngton,.C.: Lbrary of Congress, Congressonal Resaerch Servce, July 24, [7 p.] [Background and polcy analyss of ndochna evacuaton and mmgraton legslaton wth an annotated bblography of hearngs, reports, and Congressonal documents on the subject prepared by the Educaton and Publc Welfare vson of the Congressonal Research Servce.] \: U.S. Agency for nternatonal- evelopment. "Operaton BABY- LFT Report: Emergency Movement of Vetnamese and Cambodan Orphans for ntercountry Adopton, Aprl-June 1975." Washngton,.C.: U.S. Agency for nternatonal evelopment, [6 p.] 126 : *-. : ' '.'-.'v' * ' '* - '-

137 n U.S. Congress. Senate. Subcommttee to nvestgate Problems Connected wth Refugees and Escapees of the Commttee on the Judcary. "ndochna Evacuaton and Refugee Problems: A Study Msson Report." 94th Cong., 1st sess., June 9, [52 p.] [Ths report wth a preface by the Subcommttee Charman, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, contans remarks that are n part hghly crtcal of ntal cvlan plannng of the refugee resettlement actvtes whle commentng favorably on the role of the Servces n support of the effort. t presents only one of the many vews to be found n reports produced durng the hearngs on the ndochna Mgraton and Refugee Asssttance Act of 1975.] U.S. epartment of the Ar Force. Systems Command Armament evelopment and Test Center. "Operaron NEW AR- RVALS: Phase - The Buldup, 27 Aprl May 1975." Egln Ar Force Base, Florda: Headquarters, 321st Ar Base Group, Offce of Hstory, July 1, [183 p. ncludng 11 annexes wth photographs and dagrams. ]. " Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Phase - The Ppelne, 24 June September 1975." Egln Ar Force Base, Florda: Headquarters, 321st Ar Base Group, Offce of Hstory, August 15, [91 p. ncludng 8 annexes wth photographs and dagrams.] :. "Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Phase - The Phasedown, 29 June September 1975." Egln Ar Force Base, Florda: Headquarters, 321st Ar Base Group, Offce of Hstory, October 1, [233 p. ncludng 13 annexes wth photographs and dagrams.] U.S. epartment of the Army. CNCPAC Support Group. "Operaton NEW LFE: After Acton Report." Fort Schafter, Hawa: U.S. Army CNCPAC Support Group, ecember 8, [61 p. ncludng 12 nclosures.] U.S. epartment of the Army. rectorate of Mltary Support. "Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Stuaton Reports." Offce of the eputy Chef of Staff for Operatons and Plans. Aprl ecember [aly and, later, weekly reports complng nformaton and statstcs on evacuees and U.S. Mltary personnel n support of Operaton NEW ARRVALS.] 127

138 ^! U.S. epartment of the Army. Headquarters, 46th Support Group. "Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Fort Chaffee, 28 Aprl May 1975." Volume 1. Fort Bragg, North Carolna: Headquarters, 46th Support Group, n.d. [approxmately 25 p. ncludng 9 annexes contanng statstcs, dagrams, etc.] "Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Fort ndantown Gap, 2 May November 1975." Volume 2, Secton 1. Fort Bragg, North Carolna: Headquarters, 46th Support Group, n.d. [approxmately 25 p. ncludng 4 annexes.] 'Operaton NEW ARRVALS: Fort ndantown Gap, 2 May November 1975." Volume 2, Secton 2. Fort Bragg, North Carolna: Headquarters, 46th Support Group, n.d. [approxmately 13 p. ncludng 19 annexes.] U.S. epartment of efense. Jont Chefs of Staff. Logstcs rectorate, J-4. "ndochna Refugee Operatons: After Acton Report, 9 ecember 1975." Washngton,.C. Moblty Operatons vson, J-4, OJCS, 9 ecember 1975 [97 p. plus statstcal summares and attachments.] '[Operatons BABYLFT, NEW LFE and NEW ARRVALS.] \1 ß U.S. epartment of State. nteragency Task Force for ndochna. "Management Plan." Washngton,.C: nteragency Task Force for ndochna, July 4, [69 p.] "The Presdent's Advsory Commttee on Refugees: Background Papers." Washngton,.C: nteragency Task Force for ndochna, May 19, [66 p.] "Report to Congress: June 15, 1975." Washngton,.C: epartment of State, June 18, [66 p.] "Report to Congress: September 15, 1975." Washngton,.C: epartment of State, September 15, [11 p.] " "Report to Congress: ecember 15, 1975." Washngton,.C: epartment of State, ecember 15, [147 p.] 128

139 . : B : 1: E!,. L [!, ; s ; U.S. General Accountng Offce. "U.S. Provdes Safe Haven for ndochnese Refugees: epartment of State and other agences." Report to Congress by the Comptroller General of the Unted States. Washngton,.C.: General Accountng Offce, June 16, [59 p.] U.S. Marne Corps. "Operaton NEW ARRVALS: After Acton Report." Camp Pendleton, Calforna: Task Force New Arrvals, Marne Corps Base, n.d. [66 p. plus photos.] U.S. Msson. Geneva. "Unted States Refugee Program: Operatons Manual." Geneva, Swtzerland: U.S. Msson, January [32 p.] [Establshed gudelnes for ntergovernmental Commttee for European Mgraton (CEM) actvtes n transportng refugees and the format for Voluntary Agency (VOLAG) contractual agreements for resettlement of evacuees are contaned n these standard operatng procedures for refugee programs. ] U.S. Small Busness Admnstraton. "S6A ndochnese Refugee Assstance Project." Report prepared for the U.S. Small Busness Admnstraton by Tran Kem Luu. Washngton,.C.: September 8, [133 p.] [Provdes techncal and management assstance to ndo- Chnese refugees and makes recommendatons for development of a program of assstance under sectons 7() and 7(j) of the Small Busness Act, as amended.] *U.S. epartment of the Army. Headquarters, Task Force NEW ARRVALS, Fort Chaffee. "After Acton Report (nterm): 28 Aprl 75-2 ecember 75." 5 Volumes. Fort Chaffee, Arkansas: Task Force NEW ARRVALS, n.d. [Ths prelmnary report s dvded nto fve volumes as follows: () General; () Phase - Preparaton and Establshment Phase (29 Aprl - 2 May 1975); () Phase - Establshment of a Throughput Phase (2 May - 28 June 1975); (V) Phase - Sustanng Phase (28 June - 1 November 1975); and (V) Phase V - Termnaton and Restoraton (1 November - 2 ecember 1975).] *[Addendum.] 129

140 ] 1! *U.S. epartment of Health, Educaton, and Welfare. HEW Task Force for ndochna Refugees. "Report to Congress: March 15, 1976." Washngton,.C.: epartment of Health, Educaton, and Welfare, March 15, [129 p.] [Contans an updated verson of post-resettlement feedback on refugees ncludng second wave report data on the number of sponsored evacuees n the labor force and the number employed wth ncome levels, households recevng varous knds of Federal support, etc., based on a study of 1424 refugee famles contanng 75 ndochnese lvng n the U.S.]! 1 *[Addendum.] > -.'*;-" f "

141 , ANNEX J!, strbuton! [ : L (2 (1 Cl (1 (2 (1 Cl (1 (2 (1 (1 (1 (2 (1 (1 Cl Cl Cl C2 Cl Cl C2 Cl C9 C2) Offce of the Secretary of efense, ATTN: OASCSA/EA) Offce of the Secretary of the Army, ATTN: ASACM RA) HQA, ATTN: ACS-Z HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: HQA, ATTN: APE-ZA APE-PB APE-PBP AMO-OZ AMO-OS AMO-OM AAR-ZA AAR-PER AMH-ZA HQA, ATTN: Pentagon Commandant/MW, The Army Lbrary, ATTN: ANRAL-TS Commander, 3Slst Cvl Affars Command Commander, 352d Cvl Affars Command Commander, 3S3d Cvl Affars Command Commandant, U.S. Army War College, ATTN: Lbraran Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, ATTN: Lbraran Commandant, U.S. Army nsttute for Mltary Assstance, ATTN: ATSU-CASA Chef of Naval Operatons, ATTN: NP-617B Commandant, U.S. Marne Corps, ATTN: MPP-39 Chef of Staff, U.S. Ar Force, ATTN: AF/PXJ U.S. epartment of State, ATTN: /HA/ORM Jont Refugee nformaton Clearng Offce, ATTN: APE-PRO (Army Element) efense ocumentaton Center!