I believe Chile should be denied military aid. We have not received any indication that the President has made any formal requests on the Government of Chile since passage of the foreign aid bill. Nor has the State Department responded to questions I submitted on October 18 concerning the protection of human rights in Chile. questions raised during a hearing of the Subcommittee on Refugees. What I do know of the attitude of our Government is even more disturbing. Despite an international presence in Chiledespite the extraordinary efforts and initiatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCRand the International Committee of the Red CrossICRCto protect human rights in Chileefforts and initiatives which deserve our full support---the Department of State apparently continues to see the issue of human rights as purely an internal affair of Chile. And. inevitably. this affects the measure of support we give to the initiatives of these international humanitarian agencies. How else can we interpret recent cable traffic suggesting that human rights violations "fall within the Government of Chiles domestic jurisdiction"-and that ICRC initiatives regarding the humane sentencing of political prisoners and the stay of executions should not be given the support of our Government?
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