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Refugee Resettlement / Refugee Family #482766

NBC Evening News for Monday, May 19, 1975
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(Studio) President names 17-member committee to advise government on refugee resettlement; committee to be headed by John Eisenhower. Pentagon announces plans to open 4th refugee resettlement center at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Some refugees already resettled; report follows.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Miami, Florida) Vietnam doctor and family shown arriving in Miami, tired, dazed and near tears; almost everything had to be left behind. They and 3 other professional families sent directly to Miami and put in motel in Miami's Cuban district. Cuban refugees, and other Miami residents immediately offer food, clothes, free hsing. to these refugees. [Dr. Gia Pham HUU - says he can't practice medicine here; biggest concern is to pass exams. so he can practice in Florida.] Salvador Hill left Cuba 12 years ago; his family befriends Gia family.
REPORTER: Kenley Jones

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Jones, Kenley
Duration:
00:02:40

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