Speech #840116642

I was encouraged by the spirit demonstrated to me by the hundreds of thousands of people who had risked their lives to escape from Communist tyranny and their determination to solve their own problems and eventually to rid their homelands of the scourge of communism. For example. in the wartorn country of Vietnam. I visited the refugee villages where some 700.000 victims of Communist aggression now reside. In these villages I talked with men. women. and children who had firsthand experiences with the cruelties of communism. They had lost all their material possessions and their homes. but they were convinced beyond any doubt that communism would lose in the end because it violated all the things that mankind everywhere regard as decent and just. As another example. in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong. the population has more than doubled during the past 5 years because well nigh over 800.000 refugees of Chinese aggression have been given political asylum in Hong Kong. Here I witnessed the splendid work of the American governmental agencies and the American voluntary agencies in providing temporary shelter for these victims of communism and in setting up fitting programs for the refugee children. You will be interested to know that surplus foods from the United States were used in this program which feeds over 25.000 children each day. I only wish that more programs like this could be developed for the victims of communism because it costs the American taxpayer practically nothing and the benefits that result are beyond measure. In Korea I saw very much the same picture. but here again I was encouraged by the determination of the refugees to build a new life and to remain free and independent. During my investigation I uncovered a very serious breach of the free world security which I would like to tell you about briefly at this time. Over 5.900 socalled White Russians have been moved out of Red China to some twentyodd countries of the free world without having any security investigation whatever made on them. The vast majority of the socalled White Russians were traveling on valid passports issued by Soviet Russia and all of them were in possession of an exit visa given to them by the Chinese Reds. I was amazed to find out that the United States taxpayers money was being used to pay the transportation costs of these socalled White Russian refugees from Hong Kong to the various countries of the free world. When I learned that the United States taxpayers money was involved in this matter. I inquired as to why no investigation was made on these people. and the reason given was that no investigation was possible because their investigators would not be allowed into Red China.