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Cubans in America: Push and Pull Factors of Immigration

Document 4

Vocabulary

Overt: open, unconcealed.

Image. National Security Action Memorandum No. 42, 1961.
Document 4: National Security Action Memorandum No. 42, April 25, 1961. National Archives and Records Administration, ARC identifier 193442. Available online at www.archives.gov.

Document 4 Short-Answer Questions

  1. 1. What was the desire President Kennedy expressed about how support for Cuban refugees should be?
  2. What agency would be responsible to give special attention to helping refugees adjust to life in the U.S.?
  3. What effect would this supportive attitude by the U.S. Government have on Cuban immigration?

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