U.S. Army Intelligence and Immigration agents overseas are primarily responsible for the present slowdown in arrival of displaced persons, Arthur Greenleigh, executive director of United Service for New Americans, reported yesterday at the annual conference of the organization. In contrast to the slowness of the United States program, Mr. Greenleigh pointed out that processing of displaced persons for Canadian and Australian visas took from one to three weeks, including a thorough security investigation.
John W. Gibson, newly appointed chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, speaking at the conference, announced that he is leaving for Europe early in February to see that the issuance of visas is speeded up. “Our present schedule calls for a reduction in processing time to three months or less, if that is humanly possible,” he said. “From taking a great many months, processing has been reduced to less than six months at present.”
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