Mr. President. since July of 1965. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees. has been holding extensive hearings on the serious problem of refugees in South Vietnam. Thirtysix witnesses in all have testified before the subcommittee. ranging from members of the State Department to representatives of all of the major voluntary agencies represented in South Vietnam. to distinguished members of the academic committee. The subcommittee has early this month. completed a comprehensive report on its Investigations and hearings. On Wednesday. the full Judiciary Committee considered this report and unanimously approved it. The subcommittee report is. in many areas. highly critical of the United States and South Vietnamese programs directed toward the handling of the refugees. We have. however. tried to be fair and objective. and above all constructive in our approach. The report speaks for itself. and I shall not try to summarize or capsulize it here. I would however. like to outline here today the key recommendations made by the subcommittee for improving the handling of refugees. The subcommittee recommends the following: First. The subcommittee recommends that the United States express greater humanitarian concern for the refugees in South Vietnam and their fellow citizens in distress. Efforts to improve their welfare necessarily complement the military activity. Such efforts will be a basic ingredient in the long haul to preserve and strengthen the political independence of South Vietnam.
Keywords matched
Refugees refugees