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...yuan Huang, Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University, may yet return to China...
...Next, Huang applied for permanent residence papers, under which his wife could have entered the United States through preferential immigration quotas. With the help of Professor Fieser and other University men, he filed an appeal for permanent residence. The local and Washington Immigration Offices approved and sent it to Montreal for signing--formal application requiring that the applicant sign in a foreign country. But here again his standing as "150X" prevented him from taking the last small step toward reunion. He could not leave the country for even the few hours necessary to sign the formal application...
Early this year, when his wife became ill in Hong Kong, Huang made his second fruitless appeal for an exit permit. In July, Communist charges at Geneva that the United States was holding four thousand Chinese in this country brought Huang one last hope. In negotiations with the Communists, the United States released fifteen Chinese, among them Sheldon H. T. Liang, ex-Research Fellow at the University. But Huang was not among the chosen...
Shortly afterwards, in a final appeal, Huang signed a petition to President Eisenhower along with twenty-five other students in the same position. Asserting they have never had access to classified information, they wrote, "In the seeking of knowledge and wisdom, some of the undersigned have had to leave behind their beloved wives and children. In most of the cases the painful separation has already lasted several years, and their return is still being denied . . . Distressed and unsettled, we are forced to let slip through our fingers the best years of our lives . . . We sincerely appeal to you, Mr. President...
Friends and students have appealed directly on Huang's behalf to the President, Senator Saltonstall, and Immigration officials. His wife has appealed for entrance through the Refugee Act, under a waiting list twenty-five years long. Huang feels that he has explored every logical path leading to his family, and all have been blind alleys. Tired, he can only say, "I wish that we were allowed to choose our own future, as free men should. We just don't have twenty-five years to wait...