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Gerald Ford: “I have determined that it would be in the public interest to establish an advisory committee to the President on the…”

On the recordMay 18, 1975
I have determined that it would be in the public interest to establish an advisory committee to the President on the resettlement in the United States of refugees from Indochina.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Executive Order 11860—Establishing the President's Advisory Committee on Refugees

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