I think it is incumbent upon us to ask if we could not much more wisely spend such money for energy exploration and development at home or at least in a country with which we have some history of tried and proven friendly relations. Certainly the Congress has the right and the responsibility to explore this entire question in all possible depth and make a reasoned determination of the course we should follow before our bureaucrats get us entangled in such an undertaking with all the possible ramifications entailed in the project. As far as I am concerned we must solve such basic differences between our society and the Russian government as: First. their restrictive and repressive emigration policies. second. the increasing evidence of Soviet persecution of scientists and intellectuals with the attendant denial of the most basic human rights. third. the question so vital to the entire free world of what effect our credit and technology in domestic fields will have on Soviet military strength and the balance of military power in the world. In this connection I must remind my colleagues that on January 8. 1974. the Soviet Defense Minister called for the strengthening of Soviet military might. This. against the background of the SALT agreements and talks and the fact that the Soviets are already spending over 12 percent of their GNP. based on their own suspect figures. on military matters certainly raises new concerns.
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