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September 4, 1963 
dEllORANDlJi1 FOR HP~. \·I.ALT W. ROSTOW .. mHE WHITE EOUSE 
Authorization for Assistance to Czechoslovak Refugees 
r'"'he underlying m2morandum from the Secretary of State, ~ne :~2 attached oroposed statement by the President nnd pro?osed r;;emo~andu.m frora the President to the Attorney Gencl:"a.l ru1c"i the Secretary of State are for the purpose of a Tcspo2se by the United States Government to the plight of rc~u~2es from Czcchos lova.kia Łollowir1g the Soviet occu::n1tion. 
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~ .:::..:o:.c <luthority and the proposed $20,000,000 incre2se in 
t~~ Xi~ration and Refu~ee Assistance Aporooriation are 
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conn~~ered appropriate actions in the foreign policy interests o:: t::2 U~1itcd States in bchnlf of th~ people of Cz2cLoslova.kia, ~o w:;.o:n other fo~u.s of l1merican assistance are not available. 
These proposed actions should elicit broad domestic support from the constituencies of voluntary B8encieo and 
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o~~asiza~ions intereste ~1 rciuzees an 1mr~igra~ion nno ::::o::. r.1inority and nationality groups, many of \.. 7hich a:::e 
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a_rc....ay active in pronot:tnr; as~l.S -ance o zecnos ov;J::: 
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sut)no···c for these ec tion~ in Ccn.~ress uncl amon3 the American
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~i...u :.._c which has  sho\·Jn great: sympathy  for the Czechoslovak  
?~op·e ~n<l can  be expected  to  welcome  positive U.S.  action  
::.i  heir behalf.  

John P. tvalsh Acting Executive Secretary