And I saw that they were being fed. and sheltered and protected. Indeed. I found their conditions better than the situation of many Bengali refugees last year in India. But the Biharis were equally uncertain of their future. There can be no question that the presence of the Bihari community poses a difficult problem for the new nation of Bangladesh. as it always posed for Pakistan. In hearings before the Judiciary Subcommittee on refugees early last month. this point was reviewed in considerable detail. On the basis of that hearing. my field visit to Bangladesh. and my conversations with the International Committee for the Red Cross and United Nations officials in Geneva. I feel it is important for our Government and others to move on four fronts in assisting efforts to ameliorate the plight of the Biharis.
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