MEMORANDUM • 
THE \\TRITE HOUSE 
WASHINGTON 
Wednesday, September 4, 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT 
SUBJECT: Czechoslovak Refugees 

Secretary Rusk plans to talk with you at lunch about the Czechoslovak refugee problem. In the attached memorandum (Tab A), he recommends that you direct him and the Attorney General to make arrangements to admit refugees under the Parole Authority of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. 
A proposed public statement is at Tab B. 
The Secretary also recommends that you authorize the Department of State to seek a $20 million increase in the Refugee Assistance appropriation request to the Congress. The Hungarian experience 
cost over $3 5 million and there were almost 100, 000 Czechs outside 
Czechoslovakia when the crisis broke. The only other available 
source of funds for this would be AID contingency funds which are 
limited to $10 million under the current authorization. The draft 
public statement limits itself to announcing the Presidential decision 
on parole authority. The request for funds would be made public 
in due course when the State Department requests the increase. 
W. W. Rostow 
Attachments As stated. 
Parole Authority approved Disapproved 
State authorized to request funds Disapproved 
Public statement approved Disapproved 
If package approved, MEMO AT TAB C SHOULD BE SIGNED