In fact. the inspiration for the formation of the American Friends came from a discussion in this very room. Busy as most of our members are. and with very limited financial resources. we never could have attempted the task without the example and the inspiration which the success of your assembly had given us. You lifted the cause of your captive countries out of the obscurity and confusion of divided refugee groups into an institution which has played an increasingly important role in the war between freedom and communism. What you have done has not only helped the cause of your own countries. and you did not do it only for the sake of your own countries. You have given all of us the benefit of your special knowledge. expressed in your statements with a dignity and a clarity in the English language which has clarified the thinking of the American people and the people of Western Europe.