Mr. Speaker. I note in the morning press that Ahmed Shukairy. mouthpiece for the group which calls itself the Palestine Liberation Organization. has been boasting that Arab refugees are being armed and trained by Communist China to wage a war against Israel. I can only interpret this to mean. Mr. Speaker. that the refugees currently sustained and protected by the United Nations. mostly with American funds. are secretly cooperating with the Red Chinese to foment strife in the Middle East. I will ask the State Department to check on the accuracy of Shukairys claim. If it is true. I shall recommend in the Foreign Affairs Committee and on this floor that the United States suspend immediately all assistance to the Palestine refugees and if unsuccessful. at least to reduce the American share of aid this year. Nothing could be greater folly. it seems to me. than for us to continue to finance an operation which is ostensibly humanitarian but which in reality is opposed. in the most belligerent fashion. to Americas peaceful objectives in that area of the world. Let me also note with some gratification.
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The speaker implies that all Arab refugees are secretly cooperating with the Red Chinese to foment strife.