United States Senate. MY DEAR SENATOR LEHMAN: I have received your letter of March 27. 1950. requesting my opinion as to the impact on our prestige and general relations abroad of alternate proposals now under consideration by the Senate to amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. Since 1945 the reduction of the numbers of refugees and displaced persons in central Europe has been an important element of United States foreign policy. Their continuing presence in central Europe delays the restoration of peace and order in that area which is a primary objective of the United States. I therefore welcome the opportunity which your letter affords to stress once more that the United States has a common objective with other peaceloving nations to resolve this problem at the earliest possible moment. Moreover we have accepted the responsibilities of leadership among the free democracies to give support to the forces alined against totalitarian regimes. Included among the refugees and displaced persons are those who have made great personal sacrifices in this struggle and have been forced to flee In search of asylum where freedom of selfexpression and the dignity of the individual are respected. To meet these responsibilities. it is essential that we do our part in receiving an appropriate number of refugees and displaced persons in the light of comparable action by other governments. XCVI290 It is the judgment of the Department of State that H. R. 4567 and the substitute measure sponsored by 18 Members of the Senate referred to in your letter go further toward meeting the requirements of these considerations than other measures now before the Senate.
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