I call the attention of the Senate to an incident which just occurred. in which a man seeking political asylum off a Russian fishing vessel threw himself aboard a Coast Guard ship and. by some strange circumstances which now seem hard for anyone to understand. found himself. some hours later. back in the custody of the Russians themselves. having been beaten insensible. according to the editorial in the New York Times. by other crew members of his Russian fishing vessel who came aboard the Coast Guard vessel Vigilant. The Soviet seaman was summarily denied asylum. God knows by whom. and sent back to this Russian ship. and that is undoubtedly the end of him. I have just been advised that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. who is in charge of the refugees rights in the worldand we are a party to that particular conventionhas just protested this matter to the Secretary of State. I seems to me. Mr.
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