President. I am pleased to hear the remarks of the Senator from South Dakota. I intended to comment today on the announcement of the Nationalist Chinese Government that it is prepared to accept all refugees from Communist China who wish to come to Taiwan. which gives us new hope that effective assistance can be rendered to the tens of thousands of suffering Chinese refugees. I take this opportunity to commend the Nationalist Chinese Government for this humanitarian offer. which will make it possible. at long last. for other nations. including our own. to render assistance to the refugees of Red China. Up to this time. our hands have been virtually tied because of the refusal of the Red Chinese Government to express a willingness to discuss this problem or to express any Interest in obtaining assistance for its starving people. But now. with the offer by the Nationalist Chinese Government to accept the Chinese refugees. we have an opportunity to offer our food as well as other forms of material assistance to these unfortunate people. Indeed. this is the purpose of one of the titles of the Food for Peace Act. relating to charitable contributions. We have the food.
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