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 PUBLIC LAW 96-533—DEC. 16, 1980

94 STAT. 3161

SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL AND ACTIVITIES IN CXJBA

SEC. 714. (a) At intervals of 90 days during the first year after the Reports to date of enactment of this Act, the President shall prepare and S???J®^ 22 u transmit to the Congress a report identifying the military capabilities note.s e 2370 and deployment of Soviet military personnel in Cuba, together with his appraisal of the mission performed by such personnel. (b) At intervals of one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the amount and nature of Soviet military assistance to the armed forces of Cuba during the preceding year and the military capabilities of those armed forces. CUBAN REFUGEES

SEC. 715. (a) The Congress finds that— 22 USC 2151 (1) the flow of refugees for political, economic, or other compel- note, ling reasons is a growing and world-wide phenomenon; (2) the United States represents freedom of thought and action and economic opportunity and has historically played a major role in providing a home to the refugees of the world; (3) an orderly and lawful refugee process is necessary for the furtherance of United States domestic well-being; (4) continuation of the traditional compassionate and humanitarian policy of the United States regarding entry to its shores of refugees and other victims of oppression is threatened by the precipitate influx of large numbers of Cubans fleeing their country; (5) the United States has sought to negotiate with the Government of Cuba to establish a lawful, safe, and orderly process by which Cubans may be allowed to leave their country; and (6) the Cuban refugee crisis is a problem of international concern and other nations should contribute to its resolution. (b)(1) The Congress urges the President to take the necessary steps to encourage and secure greater international cooperation with respect to the large number of Cuban natives who have recently fled or are attempting to flee Cuba. Such steps should include seeking the agreement of other countries to admit some of those persons into their respective countries and to contribute funds and other assistance for the resettlement of those persons. (2) In order to encourage countries throughout the world which are recipients of United States bilateral and multilateral assistance to permit and to help finance the resettlement of Cuban and other refugees within their borders, the President shall, to the maximum extent feasible, attempt to channel such assistance to countries which have demonstrated a willingness to provide assistance to Cuban and other refugees. (c) It is the sense of the Congress that, in carrying out subsection (b)(1), the President should seek the discussion, in an appropriate international forum such as the United Nations or the Organization of American States, of the situation involving the flight of large numbers of Cuban natives from Cuba, of the resettlement of Cuban refugees, and of means by which a more orderly process may be established to handle future crises of a similar nature.

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