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I hereby designate refugees and displaced persons from the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union as qualifying for assistance under section 2(b)(2) of the Act.

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Memorandum on Assistance to Refugees of the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

12/29/1994

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