It is obvious from this incident that personnel in all departments and agencies that might. under any circumstances. be involved in a situation such as this be at all times aware of our national policy of granting political asylum to individuals or groups fleeing Communist tyranny. This incident also dramatizes the oppressive life under which captives of communism must live. The wouldbe escapee. a Lithuanian seaman. typifies the nonRussian captive within the Soviet empire. Even though the handling of this incident was deplorable. further attention is properly being focused on conditions within the U.S.S.R. that causes thousands of people to seek asylum in the free world each year.
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