President. that there are examples. not a few. where persons have been indicted for some alleged breach of municipal law but whose offense. if there were any offense. was a protest against tyranny and oppressive laws and policies when they were extradited. as I am advised. for alleged offenses they were tried and punished for political views and activities. I have no doubt the State Department has attempted to protect. so far as it could. American citizens who were formerly nationals of the Ottoman Empire. but I am informed that naturalized American citizens who have property in Turkey have been afraid to return there. some who have gone there have been arrested or their egress has been impeded. and their efforts to secure their property have proven abortive. This treaty has been slumbering since 1923. and obviously was a part of another treaty more comprehensive in terms. I see no particular reason for now lifting it out from that treaty and rushing it through without giving us an opportunity to examine it.
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