On February 12. 1969. the Federal Republic adopted the law governing indemnification for reparation. destruction. and restitution losses. and a handful of ethnic Germans now residing in the United States have made claims under that law. However. the law prescribes such narrow conditions for claims that it effectively precludes the payment of claims to the vast majority of ethnic Germans now in our country. While it is not routine practice for the Government of the United States to act as an Intermediary with another country on behalf of naturalized citizens who were not U.S. citizens at the time their losses were sustained. I believe it would be a magnanimous act if our Government would now make a representation on their behalf with the Federal Republic of Germany. I do not advocate a blatant intervention in this matter. but only the raising of the issue with the West German authorities to indicate our own concern for the welfare of these citizens.
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