Speech #920303391

The resolution will not be considered until next year. It should be noted. in the first instance. that this resolution is not general in application but rather it is prospective only. in the sense that it applies only to nations which. in the future. will apply or seek most favored nation status so far as trade is concerned. I do not understand why the policy. if we are going to apply it. should not apply. for example. to Uganda. which is arbitrarily driving out of the country some 60.000 natives who were born and raised there. not only charging a fee. but confiscating all of their property. and why the policy. if we are going to have it. should not apply to all military dictatorships with whom we do business on a mostfavorednation basis.. and why it should not apply to all Fascist and dictatorial countries any place in the world where emigration is denied to its citizens or where excessive emigration fees are imposed as in the Soviet Union. So I hope we will have comprehensive hearings on this matter and not proceed with the resolution before there is ample time to hold hearings in depth. have committee reports. and discussion on the floor of the Senate. I repeat. I condemn. along with everybody else. the inhumane policy of the Soviet Union respecting its emigration restrictions and the unconscionable emigration taxes imposed. I hope public discussion in the Senate and diplomatic pressure will change that policy.