Senator HUMPHREY. on the question of our Nations continuing and massive aid expenditures in Vietnam. The Congress will soon vote on various bills that may authorize up to $3.67 billion in economic and military aid to South Vietnam this fiscal year. Yet. as Senator HUMPHREY writes. we "are asked to vote for these large sums without being told when this largescale spending will be phased down or terminated." The point emphasized by Senator HumPHREY that our aid dollars do too little in directly rebuilding or rehabilitating the ravages of war in Vietnam. is fully confirmed in the findings of the study mission report issued in January by the Subcommittee on Refugees. which I serve as chairman. The thinking of a wartime bureaucracy. preoccupied with weapons delivery and how to maximize American influence and presence. still dominates our policies and programs in Vietnamdespite the new conditions. the ceasefire agreements. and the first opportunity we have had in over a decade to change the character and level of our continuing Involvement. Our true remaining obligations in Indochina are today less with governments and armies. than with peoplethe millions of war victims who cry out for peace and relief.
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