Mr. Speaker. in view of the repeated propaganda attempts by the Communist regime in Cuba to question the support of the United States regarding the Cuban refugee airlift. I think it is well for all of us to review the role of the U.S. Government in offering continual support for this vital mission. The State Department expected the eventual termination of the airlift since August 1971. when the Cuban Government informed us that it would only continue long enough to permit departure of the final groups of persons then being processed. Thereafter. the airlift operated on an increasingly sporadic basis with lengthening intervals between series of flights.