McCARRAN ýACT OF 19508


the subcommittee should limit! its efforts to preparing amendments- to
make the Act reasonably workable; second, because the authority of
PIN is limited to the effect on foreign policy of immigration and
na turalization policies and practices, the subcommittee should con-
sider only the immigration provisions of the Act.
  In undertaking its examination of the actual working of the Act,
the subcommittee assigned various collection tasks to its members.
These included:
  1. History of Negotiations and coordination with the Department
of Justice-CON.O
  2. Public attitudes in the U.S. relative to the wisdom, application,
or enforcement of the Act in its relationship to U.S. foreign policy-P.
  3. Official statements by foreign governments, and foreign press
reaction to the operation of the Act EUR.*
  4. Facts on hardship cases-EUR.
  5. Recommendations received for U.S. diplomatic posts with regard
to the Act-EUR,.*
  6. Statements made about the Act in international meetings or by
international organizations-UNA.
  7. Number and categories of persons with respect to whom 9th
Proviso action 3 was requested by the Department of State-VD.
  8. Number and classes of persons who were denied passports under
the Act-PD.
  9. Statements made by U.S. government departments concerning
the Act-P.
  With this material in hand, the subcommittee assigned to certain
of its members responsibility for the preparation of estimates of the
effect of the Act upon U.S. foreign relations. Five such estimates were
prepared covering the following.topics:
   1. How have foreign states used the Act in propaganda detrimental
to the United States? P, assisted by EUR,* UNA and R.
   2. How and to what degree have the political, military, economic,
and informational and cultural programs of the U.S. been affected
by the Act? EUR,* assisted by IEP and S/MDA.
   3. What has been the effect of the Act upon U.S. participation in
international organizations? UNA, assisted by EUR.
  4. What has been the reaction of the U.S. public, including the
Congress, to the operation of the Act ? P, with the assistance of H.
  5. WVhat is the effect of the Act upon the tendency of people to
defect from the Communist ranks? P, assisted by R.
   These estimates are incorporated as annexes to-the attached position
 paper.

 *EUR will coordinate with all the geographic bureaus. [Footnote in the source
 text.]
 SThis refers to the ninth proviso in Section 3 of the Immigration Act of
 February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874). See footnote 2, vol. ii, p. 61.


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