Mr. Speaker. last January 31. I inserted in the RECORD an article by John Isaacs about a refugee relocation underway in South Vietnam which involved the relocation of 1.300 refugees from the northernmost province of South Vietnam to new homes 450 miles away. It raised the possibility that the South Vietnamese Government. with American assistance. might move up to hundreds of thousands of people in the future. I now call your attention to two new articles. one from the Washington Post and the other from the Wall Street Journal. on that first group of refugees who moved to Phuoc Tuy Province last January. These articles updating the current situation with these refugees are significant when compared to State Department claims of security being offered to the refugees plus many benefits being provided. The two articles point out that the original group of 1.300 refugees. later joined by a new group. was forced to flee the resettlement camp in midJune after the Vietcong entered the area. Thus the land proved little more secure than their former homes. But more important. the refugees have failed to receive the land they were promised that is so necessary to make a livIng. and failed to receive the benefits to which they were entitled. Thus this latest refugee relocation. like most pacification programs in Vietnam. sounds great on paper when in reality that program falls far short of success. In the end. this latest refugee relocation scheme. when it is resumed following delays due to the recent fighting. will prove another disaster for the Vietnamese people. The articles follow: [From the Washington Post. June 27. 1972]
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