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a ee . en i e te 4 TF FF CS RF FS eS ee ———on Ee elle “elt incre iti: = “ah in, a tr Th Ae ee ne ed ee EP oe ee FOO Bo direct pubile attention te the plight ef all sect erprescet Ao and ieperiled people, oo vans CAL i Zo veceive funds froa donors forthe pemtion of the ere - Guumerated purposes. aes The 1,R2.C. is registered with the ¢ Advisory Comittee of Volustary Fereign Al4 of the Departuest of State. F _ a The Treasury Dezartnent het ruled that contributions to the orgenisation " are exenpt Sor inch tax purpares. ; ‘The background of the International Rescue Comittee was discussed with Ne, Robert Cartrisht, Ctlef Assistant to the Acuinlstrator of the Refugee Relief Act. Wis attention wae called to the fact that in the past many of the officers and directors of the Committee had loug recoc<ds of affiliation with subversive groups. He adsitted this to be true but atated that the organization was now legitinate and was coe of the aajor voluntary agencies recognized by the State Btpartment. He called attention to the fact that there are mary people working in the denigration field whe have records ef affilistion with subversive groups. - In anaeer to an inquiry relative te clearance, Me, Cartright stated that .. they ere working very fact and it Is not possible to éo a perfect jod in securit screening but there definitely will be a folicw-through progran carried on to doteraine whe ther any of tre individuals edaitted are in any manner tied in with "At the Fatergovesmcntal Conalttee for furepean Migration, the ) Rungaries Rafucce situation was éiscussed with Mr, Johannes J. Yan Loon, Chief of the U. & Office of ICBM. Be was questioned relative to the mamner in which those touing to the United States were Selected and he advised that it was on the Deeis of health, a licited security eheck and guarantee of a job and housing. — Re atated that the voluntery agencies engaged in the Hungarian Refugee probdien Rave been giving blarket assurances and these organizations in turn subsequeatiy secure individual aseuzarces from those individuals who guarantee the refegees a job and housing, . — * a 2 In snewer to an toquiry as to how the » kodtvidual refugees are ectected, Mr. Yan Loon stated that they are selected and certified to the Intergovernsental fr-—ittee for Ruropean Migration besed on the Fepresentations of the field agents of the major voluntary agencies, . Mnile in Ks, Yan Loonts ‘office he read 8 5 vire conceruing the Muneecten ~ efusce eltuation as of the evening of Noverber 27, 1956, This wire stated that the dnflux of sefugses in Austria totaled 87,525, 2454 sefugets had been moved out of Austria within the past 24 hours. Rations have gsecelved sefugees we . . , oe : 1 : — . : ‘* ‘ + * . CO, - Coe nr er ae ‘ Rt me eee eT