Speech #880282825

There are already in America severe critics about the aid of 2. 3. billions of dollars to the Communist Yugoslav regime. Another form of aid to the Communists is never mentioned in America. but there are some reports in European press. evensome discussions in the parliaments. It is the moral support the West gives to Yugoslaviathousands of refugees forcibly extradited to the Yugoslav Government each year. For generations the American people has been extending their helping hands to the needy or persecuted people in the whole world. We feel that now is the time for our Government to reconsider American moral support to the Yugoslav regime and to give to the refugees fleeing Communist Yugoslavia the same treatment the West gives to the refugees from other Communist countries. Political situation in Yugoslavia is now not the same as it was a few years ago. Yugoslavia is today linked again with the Soviet Union in its conspiracy to have communism dominate the world. We hope our Government will investigate the situation and problems of refugees in European countries and provide the new legislation for help to resettle them in the United States. Continued neglect of refugees could be fatal for freedom and those who fight for it. I am appealing to the U.S. Government. the leader of the free world. to consider the fate of the refugees in order to keep the spirit of freedom alive. Walter Besterman