I wish to impress upon the Senate the definite relationship between the cutoff date in our displacedpersons legislation and the security risk to the Nation. Rather than to make assertions on the basis of what I consider to be my own considered knowledge of the subject. I would rather invite the attention of the Senate to excerpts from the testimony which was given before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary by intelligence officers of our Federal Government. immigration officials. and others who have had firsthand knowledge of the situation abroad in recent years. First. let me quote from the testimony given in January of this year by a witness who was formerly a director of certain phases of Army intelligence work in Germany. and who has an intimate knowledge of security problems in connection with displaced persons. I take him to be a reliable witness and an important member of our Defense and Military Establishment. I quote from his testimony the following: we became convinced with adequate evidence that deliberate attempts were being made by the Soviet Government. by the Polish Government. not only to infiltrate the military installations of Berlin and Germany. but to send people much farther. to the United States. to South America. and to Canada. under the guise of being displaced persons or being political refugees. . Question. Colonel. may I ask you this question?
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The speaker suggests that the Soviet and Polish governments are deliberately sending people to the US, South America, and Canada under the guise of being displaced persons or political refugees.