It is my intention to file as soon as possible a bill which will provide that if this country is going to give nonmilitary aid to South Vietnam. then we must insist that such assistance will be given only on the condition that no person may be placed in jail or retained in jail or otherwise deprived of any of his rights simply because of his political convictions. The Congress could fashion an amendment to a bill along the lines of the conditions precedent in the JacksonVanik amendment. That amendment is designed to withhold the status of the most favored nation from Russia until or unless the U.S.S.R. eliminates the exorbitant fees which it charges for Soviet Jews who desire to emigrate. The least we can do to protect the political prisoners of South Vietnam is to insist upon the incorporation of such a proviso in a bill that would give nonmilitary aid. The ceasefire agreement signed by the United States gives.
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