Newspaper reports about the throngs of people who have attended religious ceremonies connected with the millennium of Christianity in Poland support this conclusion. There is one aspect of the Polish Governments antichurch campaign which is of very special concern to us today: In connection with the celebration of Polands millennium. many members of the Catholic clergy in the United States. and individual members of various religious orders. have planned to travel to Poland to join in this observance which is of such great historic and spiritual significance to all Christians throughout the world. We have received numerous reports that visas are being systematically denied to these religious tourists by the Polish Government. This policy clearly contravenes the accepted norms of civilized behavior of the international community. The world has long recognized the right of every country. every governernment. to make certain requirements of visitors. These may be requested to show. for example. that they have the means to support themselves during their sojourn in a given country and that they will not become public charges. Also. the right of every government to refuse visas to individuals who harbor subversive designs and present a threat to the national security. is fully acknowledged. These considerations. surely. are not involved in the refusal of visas to American clergy by the Polish Government. This refusal can only be interpreted as a policy of deliberate discrimination. designed to deny a certain segment of our community access to Polands millennium celebration. This celebration will continue through August of this year.