Speech #850003762

The Government of the United States should immediately and strongly protest these actions by the Egyptian Government. and take all diplomatic and other measures which we can to compel Nasser to restore dignity and justice to the people he has so brutally oppressed. and to compensate them as fully as possible both monetarily and otherwise for the multitude of wrongs done. Under the circumstances which we witness in Egypt. it is. of course. unthinkable that the United States should expend foreign aid funds for the support of a government which would conduct itself in this way. It is also equally clear that the United States has a duty to receive the refugees of this persecution in the same way in which it is receiving the refugees of Hungary. a thing which I hope the President will order at the earliest possible time. It is my sincere belief that this matter should be brought to the attention of the United Nations by appropriate resolution. sponsored by the United States. to condemn these vicious actions. compel Egypt to protect and indemnify these helpless minorities. and halt and prevent recurrence of outrages of this sort. I hope the President will so instruct the American delegation to the United Nations at the earliest possible moment.