Refugee Problems in South Vietnam
Abstract
Pursuant to Senate Resolution 49, agreed to by the Senate February 8, 1965, the Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees held hearing and special consultations to investigate the refugee movement are programs of assistance in South Vietnam and Laos. The hearing emphasized the situation in South Vietnam, and this report deals ex clusively with problems in that country. The hearings were he July 13,14, 20, and 27; August 4, 5,10, and 18; and September 17, 2 28, 29, and 30,1965. The 34 witnesses included the Honorable Leonard Unger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs and former Ambassador to Laos; the Honorable Rutherford M. Poats, Assistant Administrator for Far East, Agency for International Development (AID); the Honorable Herbert J. Waters, Assistant Administrator for Material Resources, AID; the Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge Ambassador to South Vietnam; Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, form Ambassador to South Vietnam; the Honorable John T. McNaughton Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs additional officials in Government; academic specialists; and representatives of various private voluntary agencies with programs assistance in South Vietnam. A complete list of witnesses appears the appendix. In recent Years the subcommittee has frequently noted the mounting refugee problems in Asia and urged that adequate assistance be forth coming from the international community. The subcommittee concern for developments in Asia, especially in South Vietnam an Laos, was emphasized in a special report on refugees from communism
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 04, 1966
- Accession Number
- ADA377540