Mr. Speaker. when the news broke out concerning the repatriation of the Lithuanian sailor. Simas Kudirka. to Soviet Russian enslavement. in total astonishment and with a sense of outrage every friend of the captive nations and every American honoring our treasured principle of political asylum whom I know. took to the phone or the pen to inquire into this unbelievable incident and to bring it to public account. Americans of Lithuanian background. the National Captive Nations Committee. the U.S. Committee for Refugees. the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. and scores of other groups strongly protested this repatriation outrage and are still seeking an adequate account of it. as well as an enduring example of punishment for a basic violation of human rights.
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