The nonprofit hospital chain also began providing health care at a local soup kitchen and at a center for Indochinese refugees.

Most of the reports came from Indochinese refugees.

Again, they called for a political solution in Cambodia and an end to an unending influx of Indochinese refugees.

The number of Indochinese refugees, including boat people, who come through other Asian countries was reduced by 1,000, to 27,000.

Mr. Bush's plan continues to emphasize the resettlement of Indochinese refugees.

However, the department estimates that actual admissions of Indochinese refugees will be at least 2,500 below this year's ceiling of 38,000.

The world has clearly had its fill of Indochinese refugees.

The countries that accepted most of the Indochinese refugees were:

The United States has brought more than 930,000 Indochinese refugees to this country since 1975, including 45,000 in fiscal year 1989 alone.

That position was taken in June by the United States at an international conference on Indochinese refugees.